Given name

Jakez

Jakez is a given name from Latin. It is used in Breton.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Jakez comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Iacobus.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Jakez’s family of names

In Breton usage, Jakez has a diminutive in Jakezig. In Breton usage, Jakez has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jacob. In Breton usage, Jakez has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jacobo.

Walk Jakez’s family in the name graph

JakezJakezigJamesJacobSantiagoDiegoJimYakovJakobJacquesJacoboJakubGiacomoYakubJacobusYacobJacoJacopoJaakkoYakupJakobusJaccoJaumeYakivIacopoJokūbas

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Jakez has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

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7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

People named Jakez

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

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Latin

Jakue

Jakue is a given name from Latin. It is used in Basque.

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Ancient Greek

Jasão

Jasão is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Portuguese.

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Latin

Judasz

Judasz is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

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Hebrew

Ján

“Yahweh is gracious”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Josèp

“God will add”

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>99% boys

Latin

Jozeb

Jozeb is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Breton.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Jadranko

Jadranko is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.

No U.S. birth series

70% boys · 30% girls

Sibling ideas

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