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View Name: Jaap

JAAP

GENDER: Masculine

USAGE: Dutch

PRONOUNCED: YAH:P [key]

Meaning & History

Diminutive of JACOB

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VARIANTS: Sjaak, Sjakie

FEMININE FORMS: Jacoba, Jacobina, Jacobine

OTHER LANGUAGES: Jaumet (Catalan), Jakša (Croatian), Ib, Jeppe (Danish), Coby, Jake, Jamey, Jay, Jeb, Jem, Jim, Koby (English), Jaak (Estonian), Jaakko, Jaska (Finnish), Lapo (Italian), Kuba (Polish), Yasha (Russian), Jaka (Slovene), Kapel, Koppel, Yankel (Yiddish)

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