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Jak

What does Jak mean?

Jak Pronunciation of Jak as a name for boys. Jak means "God is gracious; he who supplants". Jak is an alternate spelling of Jack (Old English, Hebrew): name based on John (Hebrew).

STARTS WITH Ja-

ASSOCIATED WITH gracious, supplants (victory)

Variations

VARIANTS Jaq, Jacq

RELATIONS VIA JACK Jackie, Jacko, Jacky

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jak Jayvion (J.J.), ..

How popular is Jak?

Jak is an unusual first name for males. Jak is an equivalently unusual last name too for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

Popular variation forms of Jak (NOT IN TOP 2000) listed in the Top 2000 are Jack (#28 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Jackie (#1771) and Jacky. Other forms, like Jaq, are uncommon. Adoption of these relations of Jak was more pronounced 88 years ago (MEDIAN #339) and is now much lower (#1266, 53.5%). (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Jack, Jackie, Jacky in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Jack outside U.S.

Similar Names

Jak is pronounced similarly to Jake and Jock. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ja-, Jae, Jai, Jan, Jax, Jay, Oak and Zak. These names tend to be more commonly used than Jak.

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