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Jake is a simple, brief, classic, original, handsome, masculine name for a baby boy. Pronounced Jayke.

Personal experiences with the name Jake

My Nephew is called Jake he's 14. He was originally going to Jacob but my sister friend had a baby a few weeks before he was born and called her baby Jacob. My Jakey is one of sweetest, funniest, kindest and most considerate people I know!

A SUPER good friend of mine's name is Jake. He is AWESOME, oh my gosh!!!! Like, SERIOUSLY, I LOVE him!!! He's my boyfriend (who I have a baby daughter with)'s twin brother. He is hilarious and really, really quirky. He's SO entertaining. I could not possibly ever envision him with a different name. And I've never met anyone else named Jake, actually. I love him. And his name. <3 =)

My younger brother is named Jake. I really like the name. His middle name is shane. We call him Jakey. We also made up this little rime that sometimes we use. It goes jake baked a cake. Jake is a great name to name a little boy.

I like Jake better than Jacob. Jacob sounds too Jewish, but Jake just sounds like an all-American, tough, masculine name for a boy.

Nicknames for Jake

Jay
Jakey

Meanings and history of the name Jake

Hebrew:
He grasps the heel. Supplanter.

American:
He grasps the heel. Supplanter.

English:
Abbreviation of Jacob.

Famous real-life people named Jake

Jake Gyllenhaal (actor)
Jake "the snake" Roberts (wrestler)
Jake Epstien- Canadian Actor, "Degrassi"
Jake Boys - English Youtuber
Jake Plummer - American football
Jake Long - American football
Jake T. Austin, an American actor
Jake Allen, a professional ice hockey goaltender (St. Louis Blues)
Jake Oettinger, a collegiate ice hockey goaltender and prospect of the Dallas Stars

Jake in song, story & screen

Jake Peralta from TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Jake Ryan from 16 Candles, the classic John Hughes coming of age tale

Jake Martin, All My Children

Jake Pawsey, father of Petunia Pawsey, in the internet comic blog, The Greasers of Hazzick Flats. http://www.thegreasersofhazzickflats.blogspot.com

Jake Dillinger, Be More Chill

Jake the Dog from Adventure Time, a cool big brother with a loving personality and cool stretchy powers