Jacob always .... ?

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Is Jacob always shortened to Jake? I love the name Jacob but not a huge fan of Jake!

I know it's not quite the same sound, but you could shorten it to Coby ...

I know three Jacobs who are usually Jacob - one sometimes Jakes.

I like Coby! Do you think it would always be shortened then? I prefer just Jacob

Usually, yes!

Jonas?

No. I know a few Jacobs who are just Jacob. Similarly, I know several Jakes who are not Jacobs.

The Jacobs i know are always Jacob

My children have both had friends called Jacob, they were never Jake.

Joshua was also never Josh, partly because there was also a Josh too. I used to get Josh and Joshua mixed up, which my son couldn't understand, as to him they were totally different names.

No/ I don’t know any that are shortened to Jake

I know three. Aged 30 to 1. They are all just Jacob

My ds is a Jacob. He doesn't like being called Jake but as his mum I get to call him Jakey and get away with it He is 19.

I know two, neither are Jake.

The only Jake I know is, Jake

Ds1 is a Jacob. Never shortened!

But Jake is lovely! - I actually prefer it to Jacob itself but would put Jacob on the birth certificate. If you call him Jacob all the time, probably family at least will do the same, and not shorten it. However when he goes to school, you kind of lose control over it a bit - does it matter?

Actually knew one that was a Kuba (pronounce koo-ba, not like the island of Cuba) but he was from a Polish family so it was probably actually Jakub.

I know one shortened to Jake and one who is just Jacob.

There are two in my DDs class, neither are Jake, just Jacob

I know 2 Jacobs - their names are never shortened.
I also know 2 Jakes, who are just Jake on their BC.
People will follow your lead OP - and FWIW I think Jacob is a lovely name

I know one Jacob and he's never shortened to Jake

Thank you everyone

It’s up to you and then the child if they want their name shortened. If you like Jacob tell people that’s their name and correct them if they shorten it. If you don’t think you could do that then choose a different name.