Given name · also French
Zhak
“James, Jacob”
Zhak is a masculine given name from French (ultimately Hebrew), meaning “James, Jacob.” It is used in Albanian.
Original FrenchJacques
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Zhak comes from French, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Zhak developed from Jacques. Zhak developed from IACOBUS.
Zhak’s family of names
Zhak developed from the French form Jacques. Zhak has a related form in Xhak. Zhak developed from the Latin form IACOBUS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zhak has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
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Izák
Izák is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Czech and Slovak.
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Tartak
“but perhaps profound darkness”
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Zaham
“foul” · “loathing”
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“he has grasped” · “possessor”
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“Yah has justified” · “Yah is righteous”
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Zalaph
“but perhaps caper-plant”
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