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It reminds me of the singer...(m)

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Jacobi (sp?) from Papa Roach. His name is pronounce Juh-coh-bee. I really dislike the pronunciations you mentions. Jack-o-bee makes me think of "Jacking a bee" which if you know a little something about American slang, that is not a good thing. Jake-o-bee is not as bad, but it has a wierd sound to me.
Looking at the combos you gave, and using the Juh-coh-bee pronunciation, these are the ones that I like:

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Jacoby William
Jacoby Nathaniel
Jacoby Reid
Jacoby Ryan (although I am not a fan of Ryan)

Love it

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I ♥ this name a lot!
I like both JACK-oh-bee and JAKE-oh-bee (ja-COH-bee is also fine), but the nns Jack and Jake are less interesting (even though I like them)

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My favorite combo from your list is Jacoby Ryan.

This message was edited 6/27/2007, 7:49 AM

I agree with another poster. I would pronounce is jah-COH-bee. Overall I prefer basic Jacob with the nn Jake. Of your combos I like Jacoby Nathaniel.

I really like it, but only pronounced jah-COH-bee with no nickname. This is also the name of my basketball coach's son (he's about 8 I think). My favorite combo for it is probably Jacoby William, but I also like Jacoby Matthew and Jacoby Stephen.

i like it spelled Jacobi and pronounced either Jack-oh-bee or Jah-coh-bee

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Jacobi Patrick is my fave combo. Which pronunciation sounds better in this combo?

Jacoby & Meyers or something like that is a law firm around here. That's what I think of first. They pronounce it jah-COH-bee, in the commercial at least. Also, I think of Will Ferrell's character in Zoolander, Jacobim, but I doubt many people will have either of those associations. :)

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All of your combos are nice, but Jacoby William and Jacoby Adam stood out to me, particularly the latter.

Jacoby (which I've only ever heard as jah-COE-bee) is a surname, imo. And often when it is used as a fn, from what I've seen, it seems to be because it's a mix up Jacob, Jack, and Coby or Kobe, as I've seen it spelled Jakobie, Jackobe, etc. Eesh. So it just rubs me the wrong way, unless it's a family name or something. Honestly.

I've heard this name in the past as juh-KOH-bee and that's how I default to pronouncing it. Of your combos I like Jacoby Spencer the most.

I'm not a fan of either, actually. If you like the name Jack, and plan to call him Jack, I would just name him Jack :) Maybe it's the Y ending, but Jacoby seems feminine to me.

I prefer Jacob.

I'd pronounce it JAKE-oh-bee, but I like jah-KOH-bee too. I like Jacoby William, Jacoby Reid, and Jacoby Spencer the best with the first pronunciation. I like Jacoby William, Jacoby Reid, and Jacoby Ryan the best with the second pronunciation.

I like JACK-oh-bee and juh-COH-bee. JAKE-oh-bee sounds wrong to my ears. And Jack as a nickname is such a yawn--Jacoby in full is leagues more interesting.

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Of your list, I like best Jacoby Nathaniel pronounced juh-COH-bee and Jacoby Reid prn. JACK-oh-bee. The others are fine, but they aren't jumping out at me.

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