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The boy's name Jaap \jaap\ is a variant of Jacob (Hebrew), and the meaning of Jaap is "he who supplants".

The baby name Jaap sounds like Joab and Joop. Other similar baby names are Capp, Cap, Chap, Jago, Ja-, Jaray, Jace, Jacy, Jack, Jaq, Jak, Jay, Jake, Jaco, Jade, Jael, Jair, Jan, Jano, Jarah, Jary, Jase, Javi, Jaye, Jai, Jae, Jazz, Jean, Jada, Juan, Joao, Jian and Nap.

Jaap is an uncommon first name for men but a somewhat common last name for both men and women (#71705 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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