Boy name Slavic origin Christian tradition

Yaroslav

yah-roh-SLAHF · 8 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Fierce and glorious
Language
Slavic
Culture
Russian/Ukrainian
Religion
Christian
Style era
classic
Themes
royal · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#7698
2024 births11
Peak year2016
First appeared1998
Total US births257
2016 peak19982005201120182024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Yara
Alternate spellings
IaroslavJaroslav
In other languages
Yaroslav (Russian)Jaroslav (Czech/Slovak)Yaroslav (Ukrainian)

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