Message: "Jake on a girl" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Jake on a girl

by Vek (Kalvin)

4/7/2011, 4:46 PM

Saw this in my TV guide as the name of a character in a movie. Do you think it would work in reality and does it need a full name?

I like Jacobine and maybe Jaquetta as long forms

#Jake

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- Orsino (bananarama)

4/9/2011, 1:49 PM

It wouldn't work. And I don't even like the name Jake to begin with!

- Ismene (Madyson) +1

4/8/2011, 3:19 PM

Jake strikes me as EXTREMELY masculine, as a nn or not

- Cait (caiti)

4/9/2011, 9:58 AM

I was just about to say that. I don't care if her name is Jake or Jacobine or Jacqueline ... Jake just says boy to me, the same way Michael, William, Daniel and ... I don't know, Butch do!

- New_Chloe

4/8/2011, 7:18 AM

As a nn for Jacobine, I think it's wicked. The world needs more Jacobines.

- EgYpTiAn PrInCeSs

4/8/2011, 6:20 AM

I don't like the idea of Jake on a girl. If I were someone who wanted to call my daughter Jake. I would name her Jacklyn and call her Jake for short. Jake is just to masculine in my opinion.

- beethoven (blaaarg)

4/8/2011, 5:02 AM

Man I, um, I kind of like it, I gotta admit, by itself or a nickname for Jacobina etc. I think it's bright and cute.

So weird. Two of my imaginary friends / alter-egos / characters, two of the most longstanding ones I've had, are called Leo and Jake, and I've recently randomly been finding their names appealing on girls.

- mirfak

4/8/2011, 12:42 AM

I think it's about as appealing as, say, Emmy on a guy.

I guess if the full name naturally shortened to it, like Jacobine, some women could carry it off. But I would not name a daughter Jacobine and call her Jake from birth, because I would not want that done to me.

- Entropy (ninjato)

4/7/2011, 6:41 PM

Nope, it barely works as a brake for a semi-truck. It definitely won't work on a girl. I'm serious.

- Ozma (MelvinSpelvin) +7

4/7/2011, 5:45 PM

Why?

Jake is far too masculine for a girl, IMHO. Thumbs down.

- Valkyrie (ICEyun)

4/8/2011, 8:59 AM

I also agree

- EgYpTiAn PrInCeSs

4/8/2011, 6:32 AM

I agree!

- Betsabé (betsabe)

4/8/2011, 3:12 AM

Ditto

♥

- Delphi_Blue

4/7/2011, 11:36 PM

hear, hear

- blue_belle

4/7/2011, 7:09 PM

ditto . .

- Flare En Kuldes (arwentroi)

4/7/2011, 6:53 PM

Yes, this...

Exactly. It might be passable as a nickname and ONLY a nickname for the aforementioned names or Jacqueline and its variants. But that's it.

- rooster

4/7/2011, 6:13 PM

Absolutely agree

- Kitty (vomiting)

4/7/2011, 5:34 PM

I'm sceptical about it working in reality, but then I hate the name altogether. I think of a thick, angry man with little education.

A full name like Jacobine would be desirable.

- Alcyone

4/7/2011, 5:19 PM

No, it sounds too boyish to me. Jakey could work as a nickname for a girl, but Jake is all boy.

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