Gender Masculine
Usage English, Finnish (Modern)
Meaning & History
Variant of Jimmy. A famous bearer was the rock musician Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970).
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesYacoub, Yakub, Yaqoob, Yaqub (Arabic) Hagop, Hakob, Yakob (Armenian) Yaqub (Azerbaijani) Jakes (Basque) Yakau (Belarusian) Jacob, James (Biblical) Iakob, Iakobos (Biblical Greek) Ya'aqov (Biblical Hebrew) Iacob, Iacobus (Biblical Latin) Jaume, Jaumet (Catalan) Jago (Cornish) Jakov (Croatian) Jakub (Czech) Jacob, Jakob, Ib, Jeppe (Danish) Jacob, Jacobus, Jakob, James, Sjaak, Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Kobus, Koos (Dutch) Jaagup, Jaak, Jaakob (Estonian) Jákup (Faroese) Semisi (Fijian) Jacques, Jacky, Jacquy (French) Iago, Xacobe, Xaime (Galician) Iakob (Georgian) Jakob, Jockel (German) Iakovos (Greek) Yaƙubu (Hausa) Iakopa, Kimo (Hawaiian) Yaakov, Yakov (Hebrew) Jakab (Hungarian) Jakob (Icelandic) Séamus, Seamus, Shamus, Sheamus, Séamas (Irish) Giacomo, Iacopo, Jacopo, Lapo (Italian) Jacob (Jewish) Iacomus, Jacobus (Late Roman) Jēkabs (Latvian) Jaques (Literature) Jokūbas (Lithuanian) Jakov (Macedonian) Hemi (Māori) Jacob, Jakob (Norwegian) Jakub, Kuba (Polish) Iago, Jaime (Portuguese) Yaqub (Quranic) Iacob (Romanian) Yakov (Russian) Hamish, Jamie (Scottish) Seumas (Scottish Gaelic) Jakov (Serbian) Jakub (Slovak) Jakob, Žak, Jaka, Jaša (Slovene) Jacobo, Jaime, Yago (Spanish) Jacob, Jakob (Swedish) Semisi (Tongan) Yakup (Turkish) Yakiv (Ukrainian) Yaqoob (Urdu) Iago (Welsh) Yacouba (Western African)
User SubmissionJimi
Popularity
People think this name is
modern youthful informal common rough strange simple comedic
Name Days
Finland: July 25
Categories
Entry updated April 25, 2021