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Jago

Jago proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Jago

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

Origin of Jago

From Cornish Jago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “May He Heel”), from the third-person singular masculine imperfective form of the Semitic verb "to heel" (with various meanings), in turn from עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel of the foot”), historically mediated by the folk etymology found in Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Doublet of Iago, Yago, James, Jacob, Jacques, Diego, Santiago, and San Diego.

Questions about Jago

What does Jago mean?
Jago means a surname.
What part of speech is Jago?
Jago is a proper noun.

Words near Jago in the dictionary

  1. jaglions
  2. Jagmeet
  3. Jagna
  4. Jagnathan
  5. Jagnaut
  6. Jago
  7. Jagoda
  8. Jagodas
  9. Jagodnjak
  10. Jagodzinski
  11. Jagodzinskis

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