ðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ɪz nˈeɪmd ˈæftɚ pˈeɪvəl dʒˈoʊzəf ʃˈæfɑːɹɹˌɪk, ɐ nˈaɪntiːnθsˈɛntʃɚɹi slˈoʊvæk fɪlˈɑːlədʒˌɪst, pˈoʊɪt, ænd hɪstˈoːɹiən.
The university is named after Pavel Jozef Šafárik, a 19th-century Slovak philologist, poet, and historian.