Name: Jake
Gender: Male
Usage: Jake, of hebrew origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Jake are in general originating from Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Jake across the world, see Jacob.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Jake is: Supplanted, Held by the heel.
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Numerology of the first name Jake: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Jake is ranked on the 152nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 3551500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.049% of the population. The name Jake has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Jake for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Jake is 20 December.
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History and Origin
Jake is a modern, short form of the male name Jacob and James, but can also be a name in itself. It is also a variant of Jack, derived from John. Jake is a popular name and in 2012 Jake was the 33rd most popular baby boy's name in England.
Individuals named Jake include:
- Jake Arnott (born 1961), British novelist
- Jake T. Austin (born 1994), American actor
- Jake Cohen (born 1990), American/Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Jake Friend (born 1990), Australian rugby league player
- Jake Granville (born 1989), Australian rugby league player
- Jake Gyllenhaal (born 1980), American actor
- Jake Hager (born 1982), American professional wrestler better known as Jack Swagger
- Jake Humphrey (born 1978), sports television presenter
- Jake Hyde (born 1990), English professional footballer
- Jake LaMotta (born 1921), world middleweight champion boxer
- Jake Lloyd (born 1989), American actor
- Jake Locker (born 1988), American football player (quarterback, University of Washington)
- Jake Long (born 1985), American football player (offensive tackle, Miami Dolphins)
- Jake Mamo (born 1994), Australian rugby league player
- Jake Plummer (born 1974), American football player (unofficially retired)
- Jake Roberts (born 1955), American professional wrestler (aka "Jake the Snake")
- Jake Robinson (born 1986), English footballer
- Jake Short (born 1997), American Actor
- Jake Steinfeld (born 1958), American actor and fitness personality
- Jake Thackray (born 1938), English singer-songwriter, poet and journalist
- Jake Thomas (born 1990), American actor and singer
- Jake Trbojevic (born 1994), Australian Rugby League player
- Jake Weber (born 1964), English actor
- Jake Webster (born 1983), New Zealand rugby league player
- Jake White (born 1963), South African rugby coach
- Jake Young (born 1968), American football player
Fictional characters named Jake include:
- Jacob David "Jake" Harper, a main character in TV comedy series Two and a Half Men
- Jake Featherston, Hitler-like dictator in Harry Turtledove's Timeline-191 series
- American Dragon: Jake Long, title character in an animated television series which airs on Disney Channel
- Jake, a video game character in the Ape Escape series
- Jake, a pet dog of Betty Spaghetty
- Jake, the main character dog in the game Dog's Life
- Jake Fischer, a character played by Ashton Kutcher in the film The Guardian
- Jake 2.0, title character in a science fiction television series that aired from 2003 to 2004 on UPN
- Jake Berenson, a character from the Animorphs book series by K. A. Applegate
- Jake Spidermonkey, a main character in My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- Jake, a character in the 2003 film Freaky Friday
- J.J. "Jake" Gittes, the cop turned detective and main character in Roman Polanski's 1974 film Chinatown
- Jake Blues, lead vocalist of The Blues Brothers band and one of the main characters in The Blues Brothers film
- Jake Chambers, a boy and one of the main characters in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series
- Jake English, a character from the webcomic Homestuck
- Jake Baker, a character in the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen and its sequel
- Jake Martin (All My Children), U.S. soap opera All My Children
- Jake Martin (Degrassi character), Canadian drama Degrassi
- Jake Green, the protagonist of the TV series Jericho
- Jake the Peg, a three-legged man, the subject of a song sung by Rolf Harris
- Jake Sully, the protagonist of the film Avatar
- Jake Tucker, a character in Family Guy
- Jake the Dog, a main character of Adventure Time
Variant of Jack, of Middle English origin, which has now come back into fashion as an independent name. It is also sometimes used as a short form of Jacob.
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