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Individuals named '''Jake''' include:
Individuals named '''Jake''' include:


* [[Jake F]], American HOBO!!
* [[Jake Abraham]], British actor
* [[Jake Abraham]], British actor
* [[Jake Arnott]], British novelist
* [[Jake Arnott]], British novelist

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Jake
GenderMale
Other names
Related namesJacob, James

Jake is a shortened form of the male names Jacob or James.


Individuals named Jake include:


Fictional characters named Jake include:

  • American Dragon: Jake Long, an animated television series which airs on Disney Channel
  • Jake LaMotta, former world middleweight champion boxer who was later portrayed by Robert De Niro in the 1980 film Raging Bull
  • Jake, a fictional video game character in the Ape Escape series
  • Jake, a pet dog of Betty Spaghetty
  • Jake, the main character dog in the game Dog's Life
  • Jake 2.0, a science fiction television series that aired from 2003 to 2004 on UPN
  • Jake Berenson, a fictional character from the Animorphs book series by K. A. Applegate
  • Jake Spidermonkey, a main character in My Gym Partner's a Monkey


Jake may also refer to:

  • Jacobs Field, nicknamed The Jake
  • Jake brake, a particular brand of engine brake
  • Jake, a slang term in the United States for Jamaican ginger extract.
  • Jake leg, Jake foot, Jake walk; partial paralysis of the limbs, caused by an adulterant, tricresyl phosphate added to Jamaican ginger during Prohibition
  • Jake, a slang term in Scotland for someone uncouth
  • Jake, a slang term for a fireman
  • Jake, a slang term for a police officer
  • Jake, a codename for the Japanese World War II seaplane Aichi E13A
  • Jake, a slang term used in Discordianism to describe a prank, often celebrated on Jake Day
  • Jake / Bot2, one of the ROVs used during the filming of the documentary Ghosts of the Abyss
  • Jake, jazz era slang meaning "great", as in "everything's jake".
  • Jake, baseball slang meaning a lazy player or a half-hearted effort, i.e. "He jaked that play."
  • Jake the Alligator Man, an oddity on view in Long Beach, Washington
  • Less Than Jake, a popular ska punk band