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Finnish
Etymology
The traditional short form of the biblical Jaakob (“Jacob, James”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jaakko
- a male given name from Biblical Hebrew
- Jaakko II ― James II (of England)
1864, Aleksis Kivi, Nummisuutarit, SKS, published 1956, act II:Jaakko, sinun maljasi juon ja toivon, että vuoden päästä jo huoneesi valmis on ja sinä isäntänä Koutinkorvessa vallitset.- Jaakko, I will drink this for you and hope that in a year's time, your house is ready and you will be the master of the Koutinkorpi household.
1985, Sisko Latvus, Elina, eronnut nainen, →ISBN, pages 108–109:Hän risti pojan vaudikkaasti Jaakko Henrikiksi Isän, Pojan ja Pyhän Hengen nimeen, ( - - - )
- Miehekäs nimi, kaikki kehuivat. - Ei mitään lyhenteitä niin kuin nykyisin harrastetaan, vaan kunnon suomalainen miehennimi.- He quickly christened the boy Jaakko Henrik in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, ( - - - )
- What a manly name, everyone praised. - Not some short name like everyone does this days, but a proper Finnish man's name.
1986, Leena Valvanne, Rakkautta pyytämättä, Tammi, →ISBN, page 137:Jo laitoksella ollessani oli anoppini sanonut: "Jaakkohan tästä pojasta tulee."
En ollut asiasta niinkään varma. En ollut erityisen ihastunut Jaakko-nimeen.
Tiesin kyllä, että Niilon sukulaiset, erityisesti hänen kaksi vanhaa tätiään Hanna ja Elli Wegelius, toivoivat pojasta Jaakkoa suvun kantaisän, 1776 syntyneen teologian, filosofian ja lääketieteen tohtorin Jakob Wegeliuksen mukaan. Jaakko-nimeä ei ollut vielä kellään harvoista nimenjatkajista. Tätä nimeä puolusti myös se, että oman isäni isän nimi oli ollut Jaakko. Lopulta sopeuduin suvun toivomukseen ja vanhimpamme sai tukun suvun nimiä.- Already at the ward my mother-in-law had said: "This boy will be a Jaakko".
I was not so sure about that. I was not particulaly thrilled with the name Jaakko.
I did know that Niilo's relatives, especially his two old aunts Hanna and Elli Wegelius wished for the boy to be named Jaakko after the family's ancestor Jakob Wegelius, a theologist, philosopher and doctor of medicine born in 1776. Nobody of his descendants had been named Jaakko. Furthermote, my own father's father's name was also Jaakko. In the end I acquiesced to the family's wishes and our oldest children were given all names from the family.
Declension
Derived terms
- (given names) Jaakoppi, Jaakob, Jimi
- (common pet form) Jaska
- (rare dialectal pet forms) Jaakkoo, Jaako, Jaakka, Jaakki, Jaakku, Jaaku
- (surnames) Jaakkola, Jaakola, Jäppinen, Kauppi, Kauppila, Kauppinen
Descendants
Statistics
- Jaakko is the 32nd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 17,715 male individuals (and as a middle name to 19,342 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jaakko
- a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob or James
Declension
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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Jaakko
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Jaakot
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genitive
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Jaakon
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Jaakkoin, Jaakkoloin
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partitive
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Jaakkoa
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Jaakkoja, Jaakkoloja
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illative
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Jaakkoo
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Jaakkoi, Jaakkoloihe
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inessive
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Jaakoos
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Jaakois, Jaakkolois
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elative
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Jaakost
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Jaakoist, Jaakkoloist
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allative
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Jaakolle
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Jaakoille, Jaakkoloille
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adessive
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Jaakool
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Jaakoil, Jaakkoloil
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ablative
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Jaakolt
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Jaakoilt, Jaakkoloilt
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translative
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Jaakoks
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Jaakoiks, Jaakkoloiks
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essive
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Jaakkonna, Jaakkoon
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Jaakkoinna, Jaakkoloinna, Jaakkoin, Jaakkoloin
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exessive1)
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Jaakkont
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Jaakkoint, Jaakkoloint
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1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
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References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 104