Miroslav
Miroslav is a male name.
origin
Miroslav is a Slavic personal name that was first mentioned in the Balkans.
meaning
The meaning is unclear. A reversal of the older name Slawomir (806) is possible.
Mir- is a derivation from the Germanic -mer for famous, legendary , as in Walamer et al. The meaning of -slaw is unclear, perhaps from sclavus Slawe .
The forms me for world, peace and slawa for honor, fame are probably later adjustments and interpretations.
variants
Name bearer
- Miroslav I , King of Croatia
- Miroslav Blažević (* 1935), Croatian football coach
- Miroslav Duch (* 1979), Czech ski mountaineer
- Miroslav Klose (* 1978), German soccer player
- Miroslav Leitner (* 1966) Slovak ski mountaineer
- Miroslav Milošević (soccer player, 1985) (* 1985), Austrian soccer player
- Miroslav Nemec (* 1954), German actor of Croatian descent
- Miro Pajic (* 1974 or 1975), German techno producer and DJ
- Miroslav Šatan (* 1974), Slovak ice hockey player
- Miroslav Štěpánek (* 1990), Czech football player
- Miroslav Stevanović (* 1990), Bosnian football player