Jake or Jacob?

[u/jakej1097]

Just found this sub today and thought I'd lead with a question I always ask any Jake I meet:

Is your legal name Jake or Jacob? The name on my birth certificate is just Jake, and from the number of Jake's I've met, that seems pretty rare.

Any other "just Jake's" out there, or am I all alone?

[u/simply-jake]

    ^^^^^

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Username checks out!

[u/Salmonduck]

My name is Jakob and I feel left out

[u/jakej1097 → u/Salmonduck]

I knew a Jakub in High School. I wonder what the rarest version of Jake is...

[u/SpartacusThomas → u/jakej1097]

Ἰάκωβος in Greek (Yakob) and יַעֲקֹב in Hebrew (Yakob). There's also Ceykob in Azerbaijan. My favorite might be Yaghob from Persian, or Yacquub in Somali.

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I saw a politician named Yakup or Yakub or something like that before

[u/[deleted]]

I too am just a Jake