Jakša
Male#653 most common in Croatia645 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Supplanter, holder of the heel
- Origin:
- Hebrew
About the name Jakša
Croatian diminutive of Jakov (Jacob/James), common in Dalmatia.
Popularity with newborns
Jakša 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
645 people in Croatia are called Jakša, according to the 2021 census. That is #653 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Jakša is recorded in 8 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Dubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaMeđimurskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-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.