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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

Characteristics

CroatianTraditionalRare

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.