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Jake
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jake jaké jakë Jakë
English
Etymology
Originally a medieval variant of en Jack; today also used as a diminutive form of en Jacob and en James.
Pronunciation
en /d͡ʒeɪk/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jake.wav Southern England
en eɪk 1
Proper noun
s
en male.
3 Brett smiled at him. "I've promised to dance this with Jacob," she laughed. "You've a hell of a biblical name, Jake."
en 1985 Ed McBain Snow White and Rose Red 10 Her attendant - Jake, she had called him, which seemed an appropriate name for a redheaded, no-neck redneck with the muscles of a dedicated weight lifter - -
en Lisa Respers France Country star Jake Owen claps back at anti-LGBTQ commenter w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/27/entertainment/jake-owen-lgbtq-clap-back 2019-06-27 Please “Believe” that Jake Owen will not allow people to diss the LGBTQ community. https://web.archive.org/web/20260208075526/https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/27/entertainment/jake-owen-lgbtq-clap-back
Derived terms
en Jake it Jakester
Translations
diminutive of Jacob or James
Afrikaans: af Jaco, af Jako, af Koos
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 傑克
Finnish: fi Jaakko, fi Jaska, fi Jake
French: fr Jacky m
German: de Jockel m
Greek: el Τζέικ transliteration of English name
Irish: ga Séamaisín m
Italian: it Lapo m
Portuguese: pt Iago m
Russian: ru Я́ша m
Spanish: es Santi m, es Diego m, es Iago m, es Yago m
Ukrainian: uk Я́ша m
Welsh: cy Iago m
en diminutives of male given names
Finnish
Etymology
Compare fi Kake, fi Make.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male Jaakko
Declension
Jak e a
Statistics
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Some of these may be foreign names.