Yaroslav

Yaroslav (Cyrillic : Ярослав) is a Slavic masculine given name. Its variant spelling is Jaroslav and Iaroslav, and its feminine form is Yaroslava. The surname derived from the name is Yaroslavsky and its variants. East Slavic patronymics are Yaroslavovich and Yaroslavich (masculine) and Yaroslavovna and Yaroslavna (feminine).

Notable people with the given name include:

Historical figures

• Yaroslav I the Wise (978–1054), Grand Prince of Kiev, later King Jaroslav I of Kiev, and son of Vladimir the Great, founder of Yaroslav the city
• Yaroslav II of Kiev (died 1180), son of Iziaslav II of Kiev
• Yaroslav II of Vladimir (1191–1246), Grand Prince and son of Vsevolod the Big Nest and Maria Shvarnovna
• Yaroslav of Tver (1220–1271), sometimes called Yaroslav III, Grand Prince and son of Yaroslav II of Vladimir

Contemporary people with the given name

Yaroslav

• Yaroslav Amosov (born 1993), Ukrainian mixed martial arts fighter
• Yaroslav Askarov (born 2002), Russian ice hockey player
• Yaroslav Blanter (born 1967), Russian physicist
• Yaroslav Levchenko (born 1987), Russian artist based in Greece
• Yaroslav Omelyan (1929–2025), Ukrainian artist
• Yaroslav Paniot (born 1997), Ukrainian figure skater
• Yaroslav Rakitskiy (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
• Yaroslav Samylin (born 1997), Russian politician
• Yaroslav Senyshyn, also known as Slava, Canadian pianist, author, professor of philosophy of music aesthetics, philosophy, and moral education
• Yaroslav Stetsko (1912–1986), leader of the Stepan Banderas Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN)

Yaroslava

• Yaroslava Bondarenko (born 1997), Russian cyclist
• Yaroslava Frolova (born 1997), Russian handball player
• Yaroslava Mahuchikh (born 2001), Ukrainian high jumper.
• Yaroslava Nechaeva, ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union, Russia, and Latvia
• Yaroslava Pavlovich (born 1969), Belarusian rowing player
• Yaroslava Plaviuk (1926–2023), Ukrainian women's movement leader and activist
• Yaroslava Pulinovich, Russian playwright and screenwriter, writer of the 2017 film Bird
• Yaroslava Shvedova (born 1987), Russian-born Kazakhstan tennis player
• Yaroslava Yakushina (born 1993), Russian middleweight boxer

Jaroslav

Main article: Jaroslav

• Jaroslav Drobný, Czech tennis player
• Jaroslav Foglar, Czech novelist
• Jaroslav Halák, Slovak ice hockey player
• Jaroslav Hašek, Czech author
• Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and inventor, recipient of the Nobel prize
• Jaroslav Janiš, Czech race car driver
• Jaroslav Janus, Slovak ice hockey player
• Jaroslav Jakubovič, Czech jazz saxophonist
• Jaroslav Levinský, Czech tennis player
• Jaroslav Modrý, former Czech ice hockey player
• Jaroslav Nešetřil, Czech mathematician
• Jaroslav Pelikan, American Christian scholar
• Jaroslav Pospíšil, Czech tennis player
• Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet, recipient of the Nobel prize
• Jaroslav Špaček, Czech Ice Hockey player

Jarosław

• Jarosław, Duke of Opole (c. 1143–1201), Duke Opole from 1173 and Bishop of Wrocław from 1198 until his death
• Jarosław z Bogorii i Skotnik (c. 1276–1376), Polish nobleman and bishop, member of the Bogoriowie family of the Bogorya
• Jarosław Dąbrowski (1836–1871), Polish nobleman, military officer, and political activist
• Jarosław Hampel (born 1982), Polish Speedway rider
• Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894–1980), Polish writer, poet, essayist, dramatist and translator
• Jarosław Kaczyński (born 1949), Polish politician, Prime Minister (2006-2007)
• Jarosław Kukowski (born 1972), Polish contemporary painter
• Jarosław Kukulski (1944–2010) Polish composer
• Jarosław Wałęsa (born 1976), Polish politician and son of former Polish President Lech Wałęsa

Jarosława

• Jarosława Jóźwiakowska (born 1937), Polish athlete who mainly competed in the high jump

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Yaroslav
• Jaroslav (disambiguation)
• Jarosław (disambiguation)
• Yaroslavsky (disambiguation)
• Yarko, diminutive form
• Yaroslavl (inhabited locality)