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 [ 1 syll. ja-ke, jak-e ] The boy name Jake is pronounced JHEYK KEY. Jake's origin is Hebrew, and its use, English. The name first developed from Jack during the medieval period. In addition, Jake is a pet form (English) of Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian). Jake is also a variant (English) of Jack (English and Dutch). Jake is popular as a baby boy name. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1960s. At the recent height of its usage in 2004, 0.212% of baby boys were named Jake. It had a ranking of #98 then. In 2008, it ranked at #112 with a usage of 0.174%. Within the family of boy names directly related to Jake, Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian) was the most popular. It was more widely used than Jake by 6 times in 2008. Baby names that sound like Jake include Jace (English), Jack (English and Dutch), Jae (English and Indian), Jai (Indian), Jay (English), Jaye (English and Indian), Jeks (Latvian), Jelle (Dutch), Jess (English), Jey (English), Jeye (English), Ji (Chinese), Jie (Chinese), Jo (English, Dutch, German, and Japanese), Joash (English), Jock (Scottish and English), Joe (English and French), Joos (Dutch), Josh (English), and Joze (Slavic). Details of famous persons named Jake: KEY: Pronunciation for Jake: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"   |
