JAKE  

Gender: M
Origin: Hebrew, diminutive of Jacob
Meaning: "supplanter"

Popularity in 2008: #112

This unpretentious, accessible, and optimistic ("everything's jake" -- meaning OK) short form of the #1 name Jacob is itself just outside the Top 100.

Variations:
Jayk, Jayke, Jakie

Jake is being discussed in our message boards:

• Alternitives to the top 10 boys and girls names!
• Poll: Once a Nickname... Always a Nickname???
• Names of my Students
• Top 100 from New Zealand
• LENNON-need suggestions pls.

Read Nameberry blog posts about Jake:

• THE LOST BOYS’ NAMES OF 1880
• HOT BABY NAME: Max in the Spotlight
• NAMING BABY AFTER AN OLD BOYFRIEND
• NEW SURNAME NAMES FOR BOYS
• NEWEST BABY NAMES: Clara Is This Year's Claire