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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech and Slovak (Jaroš) : from a short form of a personal name formed with jaro ‘young’, ‘lively’, for example Jaroslav, Jaromír, Jarohněv.
  • Polish : variant of Jarosz.
  • Hungarian (also Jaross) : from a pet form of the personal name Gyárfás (alternative form Járfás).

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