Jake Definition
jāk
adjective
Just right; satisfactory.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A male given name.
Wiktionary
Origin of Jake
Perhaps from Jake nickname for Jacob or from J-key a portable telegraph key used by firefighters to communicate with the fire station from local telegraph fireboxes
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Originally a medieval variant of Jack, derived from John; today also used as a diminutive form of Jacob and James.
From Wiktionary
Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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