| The boy name Jaap [ syll. jaa(p), ja-ap ] is pronounced JHAAAEP KEY. Jaap's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in the Dutch language. Jaap is a variant of Jacob (Dutch, English, and Scandinavian). Jaap is a short form (Dutch) of Jakob (German). Jaap is an unusual baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. In 2007, among the group of boy names directly linked to Jaap, Jacob (Dutch, English, and Scandinavian) was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Jaap include Jeff (English), Jeppe (Scandinavian), Job (Dutch and English), Jacob (Dutch, English, and Scandinavian), Jakob (German), Jephthah (English and German), Josef (German and Hebrew), Joseph (English, French, and German), Josip (Slavic), Jozef (Dutch and Slavic), Jozsef (Hungarian), Jacoby (English), Jacopo (Italian), Giacobbe (Italian), and Giuseppe (Italian). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Jaap: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)"
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