Origin and Meaning
Jaromír is a West Slavic given name composed of two stems jaro and mír. The meaning is not definite:
- Polish jary (archaic) = „spry, young, strong“; mir = „prestige, good reputation“
- Upper Sorbian jara = „very“; měr = „peace“
- Czech jaro = „spring“; mír = „peace“
- old-Russian jaro = „sun“; mir = „peace, world“
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