Jake

A male given name.

Proper noun

  1. A male given name.
    • Brett smiled at him. "I've promised to dance this with Jacob," she laughed. "You've a hell of a biblical name, Jake." - 1927, Ernest Hemingway, chapter 3, in The Sun Also Rises:
    • Her attendant - Jake, she had called him, which seemed an appropriate name for a redheaded, no-neck redneck with the muscles of a dedicated weight lifter - - - 1985, Ed McBain, Snow White and Rose Red, page 10:
    • Please “Believe” that Jake Owen will not allow people to diss the LGBTQ community. - 2019 June 27, Lisa Respers France, “Country star Jake Owen claps back at anti-LGBTQ commenter”, in CNN, archived from the original on...

Origin

Originally a medieval variant of Jack; today also used as a diminutive form of Jacob and James.

Forms

Jakes

Derived

Jake it