To use Jacob if I don't like Jake

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Baby boy born over a week ago and we still can't decide on a name, names I liked were Arthur ,Sebastian and Hugo but we couldn't have due to various reasons. We've both said we like Jacob but I really hate Jake as a nickname. Can I call him Jacob without the nickname Jake ending up being used?
Other suggestions welcome

I wouldn't risk it unless you can accept him choosing Jake when he is older. It comes round quicker than you think!

You can and you might even be able to nag persuade family not to shorten it, but accept your son may well feel differently. It’s highly likely you will have a teenage Jake. If that’s a problem maybe choose another name.

Know 2 Jacob’s - one called Jay and the other Jax
a Hugo called Hugh
A Sebastian called Sebby
An Arthur called Art

Almost every name runs a risk of being shortened or a nickname given
DD has 2 friends called Polly and Molly
They go by Polls and Mimi!
Even a Mary we know goes by Ri

Just choose a name you like and call him by it
Ultimately he will decide how he wants to be known

Kuba is the polish shortening of Jacob .
Coby
Coba
are other alternatives

If your child is introduced as Jacob they’ll end up as Jake or Jakey in Uk, but if you introduce him as Kuba etc,
then that will be the name
only later they will realise Jacob is his name.

but is you think he’ll be Jacob, always Jacob I think you are on a loosing battle.

I know a Jacob. He gets called Jacob. Never Jake.

If you really hate Jake then I'd be looking for a different name - you can't control what nicknames are used down the line.

My son is called Jacob. He gets called Jake constantly. You can't control what friends call them at school

My sons name is Ellis and even his teachers etc shorten it to 'El' which I hate but have no control over 😆 as long as he doesn't mind that's all that matters

Sorry this is nonsense - I know four Jakes and they are all Jacob! It’s the short form, 100%

I know one Jacob who is Jacob.

Honestly never heard of anyone being given the name Jake on the birth certificate - it would be like putting Bob on there 🤣

OP if you hate Jake, don’t do it. How about Jonah or Jonas?

Never heard of Jacob being shortened to Jake and I'm a (retired) teacher! I've known Jacobs and Jakes but never a Jacob to Jake...in my experience it's always Jay. I like Jacob, I like Jay....Jake not so much

Not sure that’s the answer OP is looking for!! Kuba here would make me think of an XL Bully more than a child 😳

You can control what he is called when he's a baby and small child but once he is older you can't control what his friends call him or he decides to call himself. But that is true for all names

My son was called Jake and Jake on his birth certificate. Jake is a name in its own right. Why would you put Jacob if you were never going to use it, doesn't make sense.

Not sure why you think it’s a name for grotesque violent dogs, but I guess we all have different cultural connections, the Jacob’s in my family are polish

You can call him Jacob. You can possibly control what other people call him for a bit. But he himself might like Jake, and if that's what they start calling him at school it's a lost cause!

I have a Jacob (14) and none of his friends call him Jake.

I think you can't control some nick names and that is one of them.

I have A Jacob. He is Jake to everyone!

Same here

How are so many people not knowing that Jake is short for Jacob?
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To me it's like not knowing Chris is short for Christopher or Josh for Joshua. Or maybe people don't know this either!

@NeckolasCage Sorry this is nonsense - I know four Jakes and they are all Jacob! It’s the short form, 100%

⬆️⬆️ this! I feel like I'm in a parallel universe. Jake is literally the shortened form of Jacob where we are.

That’s why I said ‘here’. In the UK. Completely different in Poland I am sure.

My Jacob is in yr4 at school and is still known as Jacob

The thing is that might happen to the ops Jacob, but if it doesn’t then he gets called a name she dislikes.

i always think its’s better to name your child a name that if it gets shortened, you don’t at least hate that shortening even if it’s not what you would like. It’s a risk.

Shakey Jake, Jake the Rake, Jake the Peg diddle iddle iddle um...