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 Fishman (born 1995), American baseball 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 Kalish (born 1991), American baseball player
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 Paul (born 1997) social media entrepreneur, actor
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 Long, the title character from the TV series, American Dragon: Jake Long
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 Harper, one of the main characters on the sitcom Two and a Half Men
Jake, the red-cheeked cordon-bleu in the Angry Birds franchise.
