The story behind Yago
Inherited from Old Spanish Yago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Doublet of Jacobo and Jaime.
Pronunciation
Spanish: /ˈʝaɡo/
Regional pronunciation variants
- Spanish: [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ɣ̞o]
- Spanish: /ˈʃaɡo/
- Spanish: [ˈʃa.ɣ̞o]
- Spanish: /ˈʒaɡo/
- Spanish: [ˈʒa.ɣ̞o]
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