Jarmila as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jarmila

What is the meaning of the name Jarmila ?

The baby name Jarmila is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced yar-MILL-uh.

Jarmila is Czech, Slovak in Origin.

Jarmila is a Czech and Slovak feminine name built from native Slavic elements. Its earliest secure form is the West Slavic Jarmila, a compound of Proto-Slavic *jarъ, vigorous, ardent, or spring-like, and *milъ, dear, gracious, beloved. The first element also appears in names such as Jaroslav and Jaromír, where it carries the sense of youthful force or seasonal vitality; the second is the familiar Slavic name-forming element seen in Milada and Ludmila.

In the Czech lands and Slovakia, Jarmila belongs to the native compound-name tradition rather than to the older Christian saint-name repertory. It became especially recognizable in Czech cultural life from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, aided by national revival interest in Slavic names. Pet forms include Jarka, Jarmilka, and Jaruška; spellings such as Yarmila and Jarmilla appear outside Czech and Slovak orthography. Notable bearers include Czech soprano Jarmila Novotná and athlete Jarmila Kratochvílová. In the United States it has remained rare, mostly reflecting Central European immigration.