Jaakko
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The traditional short form of the biblical Jaakob (“Jacob, James”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈjɑːkːo/, [ˈjɑ̝ːkːo̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑːkːo
- Syllabification(key): Jaak‧ko
- Hyphenation(key): Jaak‧ko
Proper noun
[edit]Jaakko
- a male given name from Biblical Hebrew
- 1864, Aleksis Kivi, Nummisuutarit, SKS, published 1956, act II:
- Jaakko, sinun maljasi juon ja toivon, että vuoden päästä jo huoneesi valmis on ja sinä isäntänä Koutinkorvessa vallitset.
- Jaakko, I will drink this for you and hope that in a year's time, your house is ready and you will be the master of the Koutinkorpi household.
- 1985, Sisko Latvus, Elina, eronnut nainen, →ISBN, pages 108–109:
- Hän risti pojan vaudikkaasti Jaakko Henrikiksi Isän, Pojan ja Pyhän Hengen nimeen, ( - - - )
- Miehekäs nimi, kaikki kehuivat. - Ei mitään lyhenteitä niin kuin nykyisin harrastetaan, vaan kunnon suomalainen miehennimi.- He quickly christened the boy Jaakko Henrik in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, ( - - - )
- What a manly name, everyone praised. - Not some short name like everyone does this days, but a proper Finnish man's name.
- He quickly christened the boy Jaakko Henrik in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, ( - - - )
- 1986, Leena Valvanne, Rakkautta pyytämättä, Tammi, →ISBN, page 137:
- Jo laitoksella ollessani oli anoppini sanonut: "Jaakkohan tästä pojasta tulee."
En ollut asiasta niinkään varma. En ollut erityisen ihastunut Jaakko-nimeen.
Tiesin kyllä, että Niilon sukulaiset, erityisesti hänen kaksi vanhaa tätiään Hanna ja Elli Wegelius, toivoivat pojasta Jaakkoa suvun kantaisän, 1776 syntyneen teologian, filosofian ja lääketieteen tohtorin Jakob Wegeliuksen mukaan. Jaakko-nimeä ei ollut vielä kellään harvoista nimenjatkajista. Tätä nimeä puolusti myös se, että oman isäni isän nimi oli ollut Jaakko. Lopulta sopeuduin suvun toivomukseen ja vanhimpamme sai tukun suvun nimiä.- Already at the ward my mother-in-law had said: "This boy will be a Jaakko".
I was not so sure about that. I was not particulaly thrilled with the name Jaakko.
I did know that Niilo's relatives, especially his two old aunts Hanna and Elli Wegelius wished for the boy to be named Jaakko after the family's ancestor Jakob Wegelius, a theologist, philosopher and doctor of medicine born in 1776. Nobody of his descendants had been named Jaakko. Furthermote, my own father's father's name was also Jaakko. In the end I acquiesced to the family's wishes and our oldest children were given all names from the family.
- Already at the ward my mother-in-law had said: "This boy will be a Jaakko".
- (historical) James, Jacques, Jaime; used to translate certain regal names.
- Jaakko II ― James II
Usage notes
[edit]Since 2002, the Institute for the Languages of Finland has recommended the use of unadapted regal names for new heads of state. Thus, Charles III of England is Charles but Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is Kaarle Kustaa.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Jaakko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Jaakko | Jaakot | |
| genitive | Jaakon | Jaakkojen | |
| partitive | Jaakkoa | Jaakkoja | |
| illative | Jaakkoon | Jaakkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Jaakko | Jaakot | |
| accusative | nom. | Jaakko | Jaakot |
| gen. | Jaakon | ||
| genitive | Jaakon | Jaakkojen | |
| partitive | Jaakkoa | Jaakkoja | |
| inessive | Jaakossa | Jaakoissa | |
| elative | Jaakosta | Jaakoista | |
| illative | Jaakkoon | Jaakkoihin | |
| adessive | Jaakolla | Jaakoilla | |
| ablative | Jaakolta | Jaakoilta | |
| allative | Jaakolle | Jaakoille | |
| essive | Jaakkona | Jaakkoina | |
| translative | Jaakoksi | Jaakoiksi | |
| abessive | Jaakotta | Jaakoitta | |
| instructive | — | Jaakoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- (given names) Jaakoppi, Jaakob, Jimi
- (common pet form) Jaska
- (rare dialectal pet forms) Jaakkoo, Jaako, Jaakka, Jaakki, Jaakku, Jaaku
- (surnames) Jaakkola, Jaakola, Jäppinen, Kauppi, Kauppila, Kauppinen
Descendants
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- Jaakko is the 31st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 17,021 male individuals (and as a middle name to 19,046 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
[edit]Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈjɑːkːo/, [ˈjɑːkːŏ̞̥]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈjɑːkːoi̯/, [ˈjɑːkːo̞i̯]
- Rhymes: -ɑːkːo, -ɑːkːoi̯
- Hyphenation: Jaak‧ko
Proper noun
[edit]Jaakko
- a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob or James
Declension
[edit]| Declension of Jaakko (type 4/koivu, kk-k gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Jaakko | Jaakot |
| genitive | Jaakon | Jaakkoin, Jaakkoloin |
| partitive | Jaakkoa | Jaakkoja, Jaakkoloja |
| illative | Jaakkoo | Jaakkoi, Jaakkoloihe |
| inessive | Jaakoos | Jaakois, Jaakkolois |
| elative | Jaakost | Jaakoist, Jaakkoloist |
| allative | Jaakolle | Jaakoille, Jaakkoloille |
| adessive | Jaakool | Jaakoil, Jaakkoloil |
| ablative | Jaakolt | Jaakoilt, Jaakkoloilt |
| translative | Jaakoks | Jaakoiks, Jaakkoloiks |
| essive | Jaakkonna, Jaakkoon | Jaakkoinna, Jaakkoloinna, Jaakkoin, Jaakkoloin |
| exessive1) | Jaakkont | Jaakkoint, Jaakkoloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 104
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- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑːkːoi̯/2 syllables
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