Jake (given name)

Jake is a masculine given name derived from Jacob. It can also be a nickname of Jacob and various other given names.

Individuals named Jake include:

• Jake Arnott (born 1961), British novelist
• Jake T. Austin (born 1994), American actor
• Jake Brendel (born 1992), American football player
• Jake Burns (born 1958), Northern Irish rock musician
• Jake W. Cameron (1913-1999), American politician
• Jake Canuso (born 1970 (Carmine Canuso), Italian actor born in Switzerland
• Jake Cohen (born 1990), American/Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv
• Jake Colhouer (1922-1998), American football player
• Jake Friend (born 1990), Australian rugby league player
• Jake Granville (born 1989), Australian rugby league player
• Jake Gyllenhaal (born 1980), American actor
• Jake Hager (born 1982), American professional wrestler better known as Jack Swagger
• Jake Humphrey (born 1978), sports television presenter
• Jake Hyde (born 1990), English professional footballer
• Jake LaMotta (born 1921), world middleweight champion boxer
• Jake Lloyd (born 1989), American actor
• Jake Locker (born 1988), American football player
• Jake Logue (born 1972), American football player
• Jake Long (born 1985), American football player
• Jake Mamo (born 1994), Australian rugby league player
• Jake Metz (born 1991), American football player
• Jake Plummer (born 1974), American retired football player
• Jake Roberts (born 1955), American professional wrestler (aka "Jake the Snake")
• Jake Robinson (born 1986), English footballer
• Jake Short (born 1997), American actor
• Jake Steinfeld (born 1958), American actor and fitness personality
• Jake Thackray (1938-2002), English singer-songwriter, poet and journalist
• Jake Thomas (born 1990), American actor and singer
• Jake Trbojevic (born 1994), Australian rugby league player
• Jake Weber (born 1964), English actor
• Jake Webster (born 1983), New Zealand rugby league player
• Jake White (born 1963), South African rugby coach
• Jake Young (1968-2002), American football player

Fictional characters named Jake include:

• Jake Berenson, from the Animorphs book series by K. A. Applegate
• Jake Blues, lead vocalist of The Blues Brothers band and one of the main characters in The Blues Brothers film
• Jake Chambers, a boy and one of the main characters in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series
• Jake English, one of the human characters in Andrew Hussie's webcomic Homestuck
• Jake Featherston, Hitler-like dictator in Harry Turtledove's Timeline-191 series
• Jake Kimble, the only survivor of The Grudge 2 and the first victim in The Grudge 3
• Jake Martin (All My Children), in the soap opera All My Children
• Jake Martin (Degrassi character), in the Canadian television drama series Degrassi
• Jake Green, the protagonist of the television series Jericho
• Jake Spidermonkey, a main character in My Gym Partner's a Monkey
• Jake Tucker, a character in the animated series Family Guy
• Jake the Dog, one of the main characters in the animated series Adventure Time
• "Jake the Peg", a three-legged man and subject of a comedic song performed by Rolf Harris
• Jake Fratelli, one of the main antagonists in the film The Goonies
• "Jake from State Farm", who wears khakis
• Jake Harper, one of the main characters on the sitcom Two and a Half Men