Gender Masculine
Usage Dutch
Pronounced Pron. /ˈʃaːk/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Dutch form of Jacques or Isaac.

Related Names

VariantsJacob, Jacobus, Jakob
DiminutiveSjakie
Other Languages & CulturesYishak(Amharic) Yacoub, Yakub, Yaqoob, Yaqub(Arabic) Hagop, Hakob, Sahak(Armenian) Jakes(Basque) Yakau(Belarusian) Isaac, Jacob, James(Biblical) Iakob, Iakobos, Isaak(Biblical Greek) Ya'aqov, Yitzchaq(Biblical Hebrew) Iacob, Iacobus, Isaac(Biblical Latin) Yakov(Bulgarian) Isaac, Jaume, Jaumet(Catalan) Jago(Cornish) Jakov, Izak(Croatian) Jakub(Czech) Isak, Jacob, Jakob, Ib, Jeppe(Danish) Isaac, Jacob, James, Ike, Issac, Jae, Jai, Jay, Jaye, Jaymes, Jem, Jemmy, Jim, Jimi, Jimmie, Jimmy(English) Jaagup, Jaak, Jaakob(Estonian) Jákup(Faroese) Iisakki, Iikka, Iiro, Jaakko, Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jaska(Finnish) Jaak, Kobe(Flemish) Isaac, Jacques, Jacky(French) Japik(Frisian) Iago, Xacobe, Xaime(Galician) Iakob, Koba(Georgian) Jakob, Isaak, Jockel(German) Iakovos, Isaak(Greek) Yaƙubu(Hausa) Iakopa, Kimo(Hawaiian) Itzhak, Yaakov, Yakov, Yitzhak, Akiba, Akiva(Hebrew) Izsák, Jakab(Hungarian) Ísak, Jakob(Icelandic) Séamus, Shamus, Sheamus, Séamas(Irish) Giacomo, Isacco, Iacopo, Jacopo, Lapo(Italian) Isaac, Jacob(Jewish) Iacomus, Jacobus(Late Roman) Jēkabs(Latvian) Jaques(Literature) Jokūbas(Lithuanian) Jakov(Macedonian) Hemi(Maori) Isak, Jacob, Jakob(Norwegian) Jakub, Izaak, Kuba(Polish) Iago, Isaac, Isaque, Jaime(Portuguese) Iacob, Isac(Romanian) Yakov, Isaak, Yasha(Russian) Hamish, Jamie(Scottish) Seumas(Scottish Gaelic) Jakov, Jakša(Serbian) Jakub(Slovak) Izak, Jakob, Jaka, Jaša(Slovene) Isaac, Jacobo, Jaime, Yago(Spanish) Isak, Jacob, Jakob, Isac(Swedish) Yakup(Turkish) Yakiv(Ukrainian) Iago(Welsh) Yacouba(Western African)
Entry updated April 16, 2019