Jaco boys name

[traveller7785]

We have a friend called Jaco (I don’t mean best friends) and love his name and he’s a great guy too so that’s perfect. We love the name for our baby boy to be…
But what is the general feeling on the name Jaco ?

potentially…
Jaco Sebastian
or are long standing option..
Sebastian Leo

Jaco Pastorius, legendary American bass player.

I have a sneaky feeling that my bass playing son will one day name his first son this! Love it!

If I saw this typed out I would assume that there was a typo and the B had been missed off.

How is it pronounced? Jack-o? Jake-o?

Pronounced Jacko
our friend is South African so I guess it is more known there! Everyone seems to like his name and once know it it seems to work….

What an awful name.

It seems like a typo. Jaco for Jacob...

Written down I'd assume a missing b and spoken I'd think a nickname for Jack, which it may end up shortened to. But it's not bad, maybe give your mate the heads up tho in case he thinks it's actually after him personally

Having said that, I adore Sebastian

So it rhymes with Wacko ??

Maybe Sebastian is safer!

I really like it. Also like Jago

The only Jacko's I've known have been blokes with the surname Jackson. I'm afraid I'm not a fan and I think without the "k" people will pronounce it more like Jake-O.

It might work on foreign shores but in the U.K. it will be a source of annoyance at the way it is often mispronounced or misspelt with a b added on the end to spell Jacob.

Jago is better.

I’d assume it was a nickname for a 55 year old builder called Rob Jackson. Only Jackos I know are because their surname is Jackson.

I’d also assume it was pronounced Jay-co

It sounds like the kind of nickname blokes give one another. Jacko, Big Dave, and Slugger. They're on the darts team.

I'd also assume a typo. If I heard it, I'd think Wacko Jacko (showing my age).

I definitely read it first off, and prefer it, as Jake-o. Same way Jago and Jacob are pronounced. Jack-o just doesn’t compute in my mind when spelled Jaco for some reason. The K is essential IMO. But I’d only need to be told how it’s pronounced once, so not a massive deal.

It’s awful. I agree about it being a nickname for men with the surname Jackson, also awful. 😬

Sebastian is much better.

Actually, Jacob can be pronounced Jackob. Or even Yacob.
Wasn't the late Michael Jackson occasionally referred to as Wacko Jacko? (In his Disnleyland ranch /pet monkeys period)

My husband works with some South African guys, one is called Jaco pronounced Yaco not Jacko.

Thanks for all views on Jaco…!
Perhaps leaning back towards…
Sebastian
Raphael
Casper
Leo

I'd pronounce it a Yac-o.

Think Sebastian is a safer bet.

I think Jago is a better choice for all the reasons listed above.

You could call him Jackson nn Jaco?

Raphael is lovely. The rest of your list is great imo

There 4 are lovely

I feel like it's half a name.
I also wouldn't know whether it's Jacko or Yacko, being as J names can be pronounced differently. The first version gives me Michael Jackson vibes too!
Jacob/Jakob (Yakob) are nice though.

Casper is my favourite from all of those (although that's maybe because I used to work with a cool guy called Casper).