Jake name - Meaning of Jake
- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 9
- Usage
- English, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- JAYK
- Jake Meaning
- Medieval variant of Jack. It is also sometimes used as a short form of Jacob. Jake is a variant of Jack, itself a medieval diminutive of John. John originates in Hebrew language and means "God is merciful". It has been one of the most popular masculine given names over centuries, and in different spellings all over the world. Throughout history it was borne by numerous kings, princes, emperors, popes and saints, the most famous being John the Baptist and John the Apostle. More recently, the famous bearers include John F. Kennedy and John Lennon.
Jake Related Names
Variants: Coby, Jeb, Jack, Koby
Diminutive: Jackie
Other Languages: Gjon (Albanian), Yahya, Yakub, Yaqub (Arabic), Hagop, Hakob, Hovhannes (Armenian), Ganix, Ion, Jakes, Jon (Basque), Yan (Belarusian), Jacob, James, John (Biblical), Iakobos, Ioannes (Biblical Greek), Yaakov, Yehochanan, Yochanan (Biblical Hebrew), Iacobus, Iohannes (Biblical Latin), Yann (Breton), Ioan, Ivan, Yakov, Yan, Yoan (Bulgarian), Jaume, Joan, Jan, Jaumet (Catalan), Jago, Jowan (Cornish), Ghjuvan (Corsican), Ivan, Jakov, Jakob, Jakša (Croatian), Ivan, Jakub, Jan, Johan (Czech), Jacob, Jakob, Jan, Jens, Johan, Johannes, Jon, Ib, Jeppe (Danish), Jacob, Jacobus, Jakob, Jan, Johan, Johannes, Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Kobe, Kobus, Koos, Sjaak, Sjakie (Dutch), Johano (Esperanto), Jaagup, Jaan, Jakob, Johannes, Juhan, Jaak, Jaakob (Estonian), Jani, Janne, Johannes, Joni, Jouni, Juhana, Juhani, Jaakko, Jaakoppi, Jaska (Finnish), Jacques, Jean, Yann, Jeannot (French), Japik (Frisian), Iago, Xoán (Galician), Iakob, Ioane, Ivane, Koba (Georgian), Jakob, Jan, Johann, Johannes (German), Ioannes, Ioannis, Yanni, Yannis, Yianni, Yiannis (Greek), Iakopa, Keoni, Kimo (Hawaiian), Yaakov, Yakov, Yochanan, Akiba, Akiva (Hebrew), Jakab, Jákob, János (Hungarian), Jóhann, Jóhannes, Jón (Icelandic), Eoin, Séamus, Sean, Seán, Shamus, Shane, Sheamus, Séamas (Irish), Giacobbe, Giacomo, Giovanni, Jacopo, Iacopo, Lapo (Italian), Iacomus, Jacobus, Johannes, Joannes (Late Roman), Jānis (Latvian), Sjang, Sjeng (Limburgish), Jokūbas, Jonas (Lithuanian), Johan (Low German), Ivan, Jakov, Jovan (Macedonian), Ean, Juan (Manx), Hemi (Maori), Hann, Jackin, Jan, Jon, Jankin (Medieval English), Jehan (Medieval French), Jacob, Jakob, Jan, Jens, Johan, Johannes, Jon (Norwegian), Joan (Occitan), Iwan, Jakub, Jan, Janusz, Kuba (Polish), Jaime, João, Iago, Jacó (Portuguese), Ioan, Ion (Romanian), Ioann, Ivan, Yakov, Yasha (Russian), Juhán (Sami), Eoin, Iain, Ian, Seumas, Jock, Jockie, Jocky, Seoc (Scottish), Ivan, Jakov, Jovan (Serbian), Jakub, Ján (Slovak), Ivan, Jakob, Jan, Janez, Žan, Anže, Jaka, Jaša (Slovene), Iván, Jacobo, Jaime, Juan, Xuan, Yago (Spanish), Jacob, Jakob, Jan, Jens, Johan, Johannes, Jon (Swedish), Yahya, Yakup (Turkish), Ivan, Yakiv (Ukrainian), Evan, Iago, Iefan, Ieuan, Ifan, Ioan, Iwan, Siôn (Welsh), Kapel, Koppel, Yankel (Yiddish)
Jake Celebrities
Jake Gyllenhaal - actor, Jake Milford - hockey player, Jake Brown - baseball player, Jake Carter - basketball player, Jake Daniel - baseball player, Jake Early - baseball player, Jake Epstein (actor) Jake Grove - football player, Jake Pitts - musician,
