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[Opinions] Jake

by ciara23

12/2/2020, 1:02 AM

What’s yours opinion on the name Jake?

Imo, the name isn’t bad, just way too associated with Jake Paul. (If you even know who he is.)

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- Raven Briar (Constant)

12/2/2020, 2:12 PM

Jake is okay. From 1999 - 2012, Jacob was the #1 most popular boy name in the USA, so it seems super common as a nickname for that age group and even before. If I associate it with any one person, it is probably the Biblical Jacob who was rather manipulative, but the name is so common it has scores of namesakes.

- sharky1973

12/2/2020, 6:52 AM

I don't know who Jake Paul is. I just googled it, but as soon as I saw "YouTuber" I snorted. Nobody will know who that is in 5 years, even if they know now. These internet-famous people are as fleeting as hiccups. (Thank god.)

To me, Jake is about as ordinary as it gets. Jacob was the #1 name for boys in the U.S. from 1999-2012, and in the top 10 from 1993-2017, so Jake is ubiquitous where I live. It may as well be a synonym for "teenage boy." I like long A sounds, so I think it sounds nice, but it doesn't stand out at all because it's so common.

- noisynora +8

12/2/2020, 6:01 AM

I love it, as a nickname for Jacob or just on its own. I knew a girl who's full name was Jake. It's a very unique, good name.

- ciara23 +3

12/2/2020, 6:56 AM

Oof. Jake on a girl.

I feel like only some people call pull off certain names, I never heard Jake on a girl. I heard Mason or Asher though.

- Dracotorix +2

12/2/2020, 1:19 PM

Jake on a girl seems like it should be short for Jacqueline or Jacintha or something.

- Princess Magpie (PrincessZ)

12/2/2020, 4:34 PM

As a nickname its alright. Prefer Jackie, but I can see a tomboy Jacqueline deciding she wants to be called Jake or Jack

I'm not keen on it myself though, even as a nickname. Jackie is about as far as I'd go... but I'm not overly fond of them as names anyway so

- Gracie (YMPvt)

12/2/2020, 3:48 PM

I agree. I really dislike it as a full name anyone, but it works as a nickname quite well.

- WinterWonderland +3

12/2/2020, 6:18 AM

Whaaat? Jake on a girl actually made me recoil. That's awful, in my opinion.

- Dracotorix +1

12/2/2020, 1:20 PM

Why does almost everyone agree that Jake on a girl is weird, but a lot of people like Blake on a girl? If anything I'd say the "Bl" is more masculine than the "J".

- Raven Briar (Constant)

12/2/2020, 2:08 PM

"but a lot of people like Blake on a girl?"

I suspect that the people who dislike Jake on a girl would also dislike Blake. Personally, I'm not very fond of Blake in general. Bl- seems Scottish to me. I know that Blake is English, but, in general, bl- gives me Scottish vibes.

- noisynora

12/2/2020, 6:20 AM

She was very tomboyish, it actually suited her very well.

- WinterWonderland

12/2/2020, 5:14 AM

So horribly overused. It's one of the most commonly heard names in my area. Every other boy in my daughter's classes has been a Jake or Jacob. And we live on a small cul de sac of just five houses. Two of my immediate neighbors have grandsons named Jake. I'm so over this name.

- NobodyOfConsequence

12/2/2020, 3:26 AM

I much prefer Jake to Jacob. Jake sounds like a laid-back, nice guy; Jacob sounds like a large, angry bully. I'd give Jake a 6 or 6.5/10.

I have no idea who Jake Paul is.

- Kerilyntaryn21

12/2/2020, 1:31 AM

Its nice

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