Jake Name Meaning

Gender :

Masculine

Meaning of Jake :

Used in country/religion :

American , Australian , British , Chinese , Dutch , English , Finnish , Hebrew , Jamaican

Pronounciation
of Name Jake :

/JAYK/ or /JHey-K/

Etymology
of Name Jake :

History
of Name Jake :

Popular In :

United States, England and Wales, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, and Scotland

Information about the
Name of Jake :

Jake started off as a pet name for the names Jacob, and John, but American parents started use it as a stand-alone name. The peak of its popularity is from 1960s to the 2000s. The baby name slipped in popularity on later years as most parents would prefer using Jacob as the given name and Jake as the nickname.

Famous People with
Name Jake :

Jake Heggie- He is an American composer, well renowned for his operas; Moby Dick, Dead Man Walking, and The End of the Affair. Jake Speight- He is an English professional footballer. Jake Austin Dunning- He is an American professional baseball player of the San Francisco giants. He also played as a pitcher for the same team in the Major League.

Variant Names of Jake:

Jacob, Jack, Jakob,  Jacob,  Jack,  Jakob

Jack (English), Jacob (Hebrew, Latin), John (English,Greek, Hebrew, Latin)

Rhyming Names of Jake: 

Names Similar to Jake :

Jakeem, Jakeb, Jakeb, Jakeagle, Jakeal, Jakeb, Jakecob, Jakeh, Jakem, Jakeom

Popularity Rank :

Jake name was top ranked at 385 position in American during year 1930and most recently ranked at 205 position in American during year 2015

Name Jake has been Most Popular throughout the last hundred plus years and ranked at 558 position. 118579 numbers of people were named Jake so far in last 100 years. (SSA)

More about :

The masculine name Jake is the medieval variant of Jack, which is taken from the name Jackin a medieval diminutive of John. The name John is the English version of Iohannes taken from a Hebrew name that means “Yahweh is gracious”. The name is sometimes used as a short form of the name Jacob that is also taken from a Hebrew name that means “supplanter” or “holder of the heel”.

 

The name has been given to many notable people, from Jake Arnott the British novelist or Jake T. Austin the American actor.

Jake Numerology :

Personality No. 3. People with name Jake are jovial & love to talk. They also love children & pets. They are creative & try to do too many things. They must express themselves. They are very social & great uplifters. Person with Jake having 3 as Personality number are ambitious & philosophical. They are versatile & have an optimistic attitude. They are zealous & conscientious. More Numerology