| The boy name Jacoby [ 3 syll. ja-co-by, jac-oby ] is pronounced JHahKOWBiy KEY. Jacoby has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in English. The name is probably from a surname derived from the first name Jacob. See also the related form, Jacob (Dutch, English, and Scandinavian). Jacoby is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1980s. At the recent peak of its usage in 2007, 0.018% of baby boys were named Jacoby. Its ranking then was #620. In 2007, out of the group of boy names directly related to Jacoby, Jacob (Dutch, English, and Scandinavian) was the most regularly used. Its use outnumbered Jacoby's by 62 times in that year. Baby names that sound like Jacoby include Jacopo (Italian), Giacobbe (Italian), Giuseppe (Italian), 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), Jaap (Dutch), Jeff (English), Jeppe (Scandinavian), and Job (Dutch and English). KEY: Pronunciation for Jacoby: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
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