Jake

Originally a medieval variant of Jack; today also used as a diminutive form of Jacob and James.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeɪk/

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• Rhymes: -eɪk

Jake (plural Jakes)

1. A male given name.
   • 1927, Ernest Hemingway, chapter 3, in The Sun Also Rises:

     Brett smiled at him. "I've promised to dance this with Jacob," she laughed. "You've a hell of a biblical name, Jake."

   • 1985, Ed McBain, Snow White and Rose Red, page 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 - -

Compare Kake, Make.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑke/, [ˈjɑ̝k̟e̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑke
• Hyphenation^(key): Ja‧ke

Jake

1. a diminutive of the male given name Jaakko

• The given name Jake belongs to 293 male individuals (and as a middle name to 25 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

  Some of these may be foreign names.