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 [ syll. jaa(p), ja-ap ] The boy name Jaap is pronounced JHAAAEP KEY. Jaap's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in the Dutch language. Jaap is a pet form of Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian). Jaap is also a short form (Dutch) of Jakob (English, German, and Scandinavian). Jaap is an unusual baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Jaap, Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian) was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Jaap include Jeff (English), Jepp (English), Jeppe (Scandinavian), Job (Dutch and English), Jobe (English), Joesph (English), Joop (Dutch), Jop (Dutch), Jove (English), Jupp (German), Geof (English), Geoff (English), Gibb (English), Giove (Italian), Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Jakab (Hungarian), Jakeb (English), Jakiv (Russian), Jakob (English, German, and Scandinavian), and Jakov (Hungarian, Russian, and Slavic). 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)"   |
