Yaroslav
Yaroslav is a Slavic masculine given name. It is composed of the Slavic elements jar meaning "strong, fierce" and slav meaning "glory, fame".
The transliteration Yaroslav is used in Ukrainian and Russian names. The name is equivalent to the Czech and Slovak name Jaroslav and the Polish name Jarosław.
The feminine form of the name is Yaroslava. Surnames derived from the name is Yaroslavsky and its variants. East Slavic patronymics are Yaroslavovich and Yaroslavich and Yaroslavovna and Yaroslavna.
Notable people with the name
Royalty and nobility
- Yaroslav I the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev, later King Jaroslav I of Kiev
- Yaroslav II of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev
- Yaroslav II of Vladimir, Grand Prince of Vladimir
- Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich, Prince of Ropesk, Starodub and Chernigov
- Yaroslav of Tver, sometimes called Yaroslav III, Prince of Tver and Grand Prince of Vladimir
- Yaroslav Osmomysl, medieval ruler in the Kievan Rus
- Yaroslav Sviatopolkovich, Prince of Volhynia
A-J
- Yaroslav Aguiar, Angolan handball player
- Yaroslav Alshevsky, Russian ice hockey player
- Yaroslav Amosov, Ukrainian mixed martial artist
- Yaroslav Antonov, Russian volleyball player
- Yaroslav Arbuzov, Russian footballer
- Yaroslav Askarov, Russian ice hockey player
- Yaroslav Belousov, Russian student and activist
- Yaroslav Blanter, Russian physicist
- Yaroslav Bohunov, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Boyko , Russian actor
- Yaroslav Brisiuck, Ukrainian diplomat
- Yaroslav Cherstvy, Russian rower
- Yaroslav Chupris, Belarusian ice hockey player
- Yaroslav Dashkevych, Ukrainian historian and archaeographer
- Yaroslav Deda, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Demin, Russian tennis player
- Yaroslav Derega, Ukrainian sinologist and linguist
- Yaroslav Dmytruk, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Dobrokhotov, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Dronov, known by his stage name Shaman, Russian singer-songwriter and music producer
- Yaroslav Dubnevych, Ukrainian politician
- Yaroslav Dumanskyi, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Dyblenko, Russian ice hockey player
- Yaroslav Egerev, Russian badminton player
- Yaroslav Filchakov, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
- Yaroslav Gladyshev, Russian footballer
- Yaroslav Golovanov, Russian journalist and writer
- Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian writer, playwright, and publicist
- Yaroslav Halenko, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Hodzyur, Ukrainian-Russian footballer
- Yaroslav Horak, Australian illustrator and comics artist
- Yaroslav Hrytsak, Ukrainian historian and university professor
- Yaroslav Hunka, Ukrainian-Canadian soldier
- Yaroslav Iosseliani, Georgian Soviet Navy submarine commander
- Yaroslav Ivakin, Russian footballer
K-P
- Yaroslav Karabin, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Kendzior, Ukrainian journalist, human rights activist and politician
- Yaroslav Khabarov, Russian ice hockey player
- Yaroslav Kharitonskiy, former Russian footballer
- Yaroslav Khartsyz, Ukrainian boxer
- Yaroslav Khoma, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Kinash, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Komzyuk, Ukrainian football player and coach
- Yaroslav Korolev, Russian basketball player
- Yaroslav Kosov, Russian ice hockey player
- Yaroslav Kotlyarov, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Koval, Ukrainian photographer
- Yaroslav Krashevsky, Russian footballer
- Yaroslav Krestovsky, Soviet Russian painter
- Yaroslav Krushelnitskiy, Uzbekistani footballer
- Yaroslav Kutsyaba, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Kuzminov, Russian economist
- Yaroslav Kvasov, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Lahuta, Ukrainian politician
- Yaroslav Lavreniuk, Ukrainian skeleton racer
- Yaroslav Lesiv, Ukrainian poet, priest
- Yaroslav Levchenko, Russian artist
- Yaroslav Lopatynskyi, Soviet mathematician
- Yaroslav Makushinsky, Belarusian footballer
- Yaroslav Markevych, Ukrainian politician and businessman
- Yaroslav Martynyuk, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Maslennikov, Belarusian ice hockey player
- Yaroslav Matviyenko, Russian footballer
- Yaroslav Melnyk , Ukrainian philologist and linguist
- Yaroslav Melnyk, Ukrainian-Lithuanian novelist, philosopher, and literary critic
- Yaroslav Mendus, Ukrainian politician
- Yaroslav Meykher, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Mikhaylov born 2003), Russian footballer
- Yaroslav Minkin, Ukrainian poet and cultural activist
- Yaroslav Mogutin, Russian artist and author
- Yaroslav Moskalenko, Ukrainian politician
- Yaroslav Moskalik, Russian army general
- Yaroslav Oliinyk, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Omelyan, Ukrainian artist
- Yaroslav Onyshchuk, Ukrainian archaeologist and historian
- Yaroslav Oreshkevich, Belarusian footballer
- Yaroslav Oros, Ukrainian writer and journalist
- Yaroslav Ovsyannikov, Russian footballer
- Yaroslav Paniot, Ukrainian-American figure skater
- Yaroslav Pasternak, Ukrainian archaeologist
- Yaroslav Pastukhov, Ukrainian-Canadian author and drug smuggler
- Yaroslav Pavulyak, Ukrainian poet
- Yaroslav Plechiy, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Podlesnykh, Russian volleyball player
- Yaroslav Popovych, Ukrainian cyclist
- Yaroslav Potapov, Russian swimmer
- Yaroslav Pryriz, Ukrainian bishop
- Yaroslav Pstrak, Ukrainian painter, illustrator and graphic artist
R-Z
- Yaroslav Rakitskyi, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Rushchyshyn, Ukrainian businessman and politician
- Yaroslav Rybakov, retired Russian high jumper
- Yaroslav Samofalov, Ukrainian boxer
- Yaroslav Samylin, Russian politician
- Yaroslav Senyshyn, Canadian pianist, author and university professor
- Yaroslav Serdyuk, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Shkurko, Belarusian footballer
- Yaroslav Smelyakov, Russian poet
- Yaroslav Solonynko, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Starobogatov, Russian zoologist
- Yaroslav Startsev, Russian sport shooter
- Yaroslav Stetsko, Ukrainian politician
- Yaroslav Sukhyi, Ukrainian politician
- Yaroslav Sverdlov, Belarusian footballer
- Yaroslav Svorak, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Sydorenko, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Tkach, Ukrainian speed climber
- Yaroslav Trofimov, Ukrainian-Italian author and journalist
- Yaroslav Vatamanyuk, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Vazhynskyi, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Veselaho, Ukrainian racing driver
- Yaroslav Voronkov, Russian footballer
- Yaroslav Vynokur, Ukrainian billiards player
- Yaroslav Vyshnyak, Ukrainian football player and coach
- Yaroslav Yampol, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Yanushevych, Ukrainian economist and civil servant
- Yaroslav Yaroslavenko, Ukrainian composer
- Yaroslav Yarotsky, Belarusian footballer
- Yaroslav Yeremenko, Ukrainian DJ and music producer
- Yaroslav Yevdokimov, Russian singer
- Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, Ukrainian politician
- Yaroslav Zakharevych, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Zayats, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Zdyrko, Ukrainian footballer
- Yaroslav Zheleznyak, Ukrainian economist and politician
- Yaroslav Zherebukh, Ukrainian-American chess player
- Yaroslav Zhmudenko, Ukrainian table tennis player
- Yaroslav Zinchenko, Ukrainian chess player