Jako
Male#1289 most common in Croatia139 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Supplanter, holder of the heel
- Origin:
- Hebrew
About the name Jako
Croatian short form of Jakov (Jacob/James).
Popularity with newborns
Jako has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
139 people in Croatia are called Jako, according to the 2021 census. That is #1289 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Jako is recorded in 4 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Dubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebSplitsko-dalmatinskaZagrebačka
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.