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Diminutive of JAMES. A famous bearer was the rock musician Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970).
Related Names
Feminine FormsJacklyn, Jaclyn, Jacqueline, Jacquelyn, Jaqueline
Other Languages & CulturesYakub, Yaqoob, Yaqub(Arabic) Hagop, Hakob(Armenian) Jakes(Basque) Jacob, James(Biblical) Iakobos(Biblical Greek) Yaakov(Biblical Hebrew) Iacobus(Biblical Latin) Yakov(Bulgarian) Jaume, Jaumet(Catalan) Jago(Cornish) Jakov(Croatian) Jakub(Czech) Jacob, Jakob(Danish) Jacob, Jacobus, Jakob, Sjaak(Dutch) Jaagup, Jaakob(Estonian) Jákup(Faroese) Jaakob, Jaakoppi(Finnish) Jacques(French) Iago, Xacobe, Xaime(Galician) Iakob, Koba(Georgian) Jakob(German) Iakovos(Greek) Yakubu(Hausa) Iakopa, Kimo(Hawaiian) Yaakov, Yakov, Akiba, Akiva(Hebrew) Jakab, Jákob(Hungarian) Jakob(Icelandic) Séamus, Shamus, Sheamus, Séamas(Irish) Giacomo, Iacopo, Jacopo, Giacobbe(Italian) Jacob(Jewish) Iacomus, Jacobus(Late Roman) Jēkabs(Latvian) Jokūbas(Lithuanian) Jakov(Macedonian) Hemi(Maori) Jacob, Jakob(Norwegian) Jakub(Polish) Iago, Jaime, Jacó(Portuguese) Iacob(Romanian) Yakov(Russian) Seumas, Jamie(Scottish) Jakov(Serbian) Jakub(Slovak) Jakob(Slovene) Jacobo, Jaime, Yago(Spanish) Jacob, Jakob(Swedish) Yakup(Turkish) Yakiv(Ukrainian) Iago(Welsh)
