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Jacoby

35 replies

CurryChip · 06/04/2013 21:49

I just recently figured out how to pronounce this name properly Blush and love how it sounds. Wdyt.....oh and it's pronounced Jah Ko bee! Grin

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CockyFox · 06/04/2013 21:52

I think it sounds daft. No offence but really? People would say jacob-ee

Flossiechops · 06/04/2013 21:53

No don't like it at all - sorry

thistlelicker · 06/04/2013 21:54

No

Bowlersarm · 06/04/2013 21:54

Too difficult

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 06/04/2013 21:55

No, I think it's silly. Sorry.

2littlemonkeysjumping · 06/04/2013 22:02

In a funny sort of way i llike it. Like Derek Jacobi? But no-one would ever pronounce it correctly, like cockyfox said- it'd drive you potty eventually

CrazyLittleThingCalledMoo · 06/04/2013 22:07

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TheGirlOnTheLanding · 06/04/2013 22:11

I'd think Derek Jacobi too.

How about Giacomo (pronounced Jack-a-mo) - is it similar enough?

CandlestickOlder · 06/04/2013 22:12

Like it. It's OBVIOUSLY jah ko bee.

Ignore the haterz.

CockyFox · 06/04/2013 22:14

Pronunciation is so important with names, my little girl is IsObel drives me to distraction when people call her IsAbel, ypu think you'll only have to correct people once but it isn't it is constant.

CandlestickOlder · 06/04/2013 22:21

I really can't believe people would struggle to pronounce jacoby

cheekbyjowl · 06/04/2013 22:22

Go for it. I think it has a nice sound to it

olivertheoctopus · 06/04/2013 22:26

Not a fan. But then I don't like the name Jacob either.

KittenOfDoom · 06/04/2013 23:08

I actually can't hear any difference between Isobel and Isabel. I have never heard anyone pronounce either version in any other way than Iz-uh-bel. (The middle bit being the sound usually represented by an upside-down e)

As for Jacoby, I would say it like the first three syllables of Jacobean. I do see it as a surname though.

thermalsinapril · 06/04/2013 23:10

What Kitten said.

Whatalotofpiffle · 07/04/2013 07:32

I like it but be prepared for haters and mis pronouncers.

Rhubarbgarden · 07/04/2013 07:48

I've heard worse. But it wouldn't be my choice.

sandberry · 07/04/2013 18:35

Proper old name, the original way James was rendered in the Bible but I think you will get a lot of mispronunciations

Coffee1Sugar · 07/04/2013 20:27

Isobel, Isabel, Isabelle - all the same to me Hmm

Ham69 · 07/04/2013 21:41

I've just been saying Isobel, Isabelle over and over agin to myself and I just can't hear the difference!
Not too keen on Jacoby though definitely heard worse.

Confuseddd · 07/04/2013 21:43

Why?

WildThong · 07/04/2013 21:47

Not for me. Bit pretentious, sorry. And the child will spend the rest of his life spelling it out and correcting people who assume it's Jacob.

mathanxiety · 08/04/2013 02:46

I like it a lot. It's an older version of Jacob.

williaminajetfighter · 08/04/2013 08:49

It's the name of actress Coby Smulders. Obviously she shortens it. I understand its a girls name.

KittenOfDoom · 08/04/2013 12:13

No, her name is Jacoba. It's the Dutch equivalent of Jacqueline et al.