Jago

See also: jago

English

Etymology

From Cornish Jago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב‎ (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב‎ (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Doublet of Iago, Yago, James, Jacob, Jacques, Diego, Santiago, and San Diego.

Proper noun

Jago

  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name.

Cornish

Proper noun

Jago m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English James
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