Yago

See also: yago and yágo

English

Etymology

From Spanish Yago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Doublet of Iago, Jago, James, Jacob, and Jacques.

Proper noun

Yago

1. A male given name from Spanish

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• Iago

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Iācōbus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), borrowed from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from עקב. Doublet of Jacob and Jayme.

Proper noun

Yago m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob

Descendants

• Spanish: Yago, Iago
  • → Galician: Iago
  • → Portuguese: Iago

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Iago

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish Yago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Doublet of Jacobo and Jaime.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝaɡo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ɣ̞o]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝaɡo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃaɡo/ [ˈʃa.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒaɡo/ [ˈʒa.ɣ̞o]

• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: Ya‧go

Proper noun

Yago m

1. a male given name from Latin

Descendants

• → Galician: Iago
• → Portuguese: Iago