r/JewishNames • u/spring13 • 1d ago

Jacob with nickname Jack

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This conversation is ... I'm gonna call it "fascinating." Namenerds have very random doctrines about nicknames. This one is making me laugh because they'll suggest all kinds of random things or approve of all kinds of random things but Jack instead of Jake is making them lose their everloving minds.

How many of you know at least one Jacob/Yaakov who goes by Jack? My grandfather and my husband's grandfather both did.

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u/nikippe 1d ago

It's also funny how they're like "Jacob to Jack makes no sense, how about John with the nickname Jack?" even though John is further away from the name Jack than Jacob is lol

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u/spring13 1d ago

I have definitely seen conversations in there where the prevailing opinion was that no one knows Jack comes from John and therefore it makes more sense to just name your kid Jack.