Given name · also Latin
Jacó
Jacó is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Portuguese.
Original LatinIacomus
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Jacó comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ, from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ), from Biblical Hebrew עָקַב.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Jacó’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Jacó shares an earlier linguistic root with Jaime. In Portuguese usage, Jacó has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jacob. In Portuguese usage, Jacó has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jimmy.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jacó has relatives in 45 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 62
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- IacomusLatin
- IacobusLatin
- Jamesequivalent
- Santiagoequivalent
- Jacobalso known as · Spanish, English
- JakeEnglish
- Jaimedoublet · Portuguese
- JimmyEnglish
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- Tiagodoublet · Portuguese
- Yakovequivalent
- JakobSwedish, Norwegian Bokmål
- Jacquesequivalent
- Jacoboalso known as · Spanish, Portuguese
- GiacomoItalian
- JimEnglish
- JakubPolish, Slovak
- YakubTurkish
- Iagodoublet · Portuguese
- Jacobusequivalent
- JaapDutch
- Yacobequivalent
- KubaPolish
- JacopoItalian
- GiacobbeItalian
- JakabHungarian
- SeumasScottish Gaelic
- YakobEwe
- 傑克Chinese
- ചാക്കോborrowing · Malayalam
- Jaccoequivalent
- Iacopoequivalent
- Jaumeequivalent
- Jokūbasequivalent
- ЯківUkrainian
- YakupTurkish
- JáhkotNorthern Sami
- ЯковRussian
- ИаковRussian
- IacobRomanian
- 雅各Mandarin
- ĠakobMaltese
- JēkabsLatvian
- SéamusIrish
- יעקבHebrew
- IakopoHawaiian
- IakopaHawaiian
- IakobaHawaiian
- ἸάκωβοςAncient Greek
- ΙάκωβοςGreek
- XacobeGalician
- JapikWest Frisian
- JaakkoFinnish
- JaakoppiFinnish
- JaakobFinnish, Estonian
- JákupFaroese
- JaakEstonian
- JakoboEsperanto
- 야고보Korean
- JakezBreton
- JakesBasque
And 2 more.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jacó
- Jacó Roberto HilgertBrazilian priest (1926-2020)
- Jacob Guinsburguniversity professor and researcher active in Brazil1921–2018
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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