Given name & surname
Jako
Jako is a surname. It is used in English and Serbo-Croatian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Jako is a diminutive of Jakov. Jakov comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
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How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Jako is a diminutive of Jakov.
Jako’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Jako is a diminutive of Jakov. In Afrikaans usage, Jako has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jacob. In Afrikaans usage, Jako has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jake.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Jako, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Jakobs
“heel grabber” · “supplanter”
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Jakove
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Jakoba
“she who supplants”
90% boys · 10% girls
Jackoba
“she who supplants”
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Jabesh
“sorrowful” · “one who is delivered in pain”
>99% boys
Jaddai
“... unclear but perhaps beloved or praised”
>99% boys
Jabezz
“sorrowful” · “one who is delivered in pain”
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Johnno
“God is gracious”
>99% boys