Jacco is a
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
male
given name
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. It is a form of
Jacob
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J ...
or
James
James is a common English language surname and given name:
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* James (surname), various people with the last name James
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, only popular since the mid-1960. The spelling Jakko is uncommon.
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at the Meertens Institute
The Meertens Institute (Dutch ''Meertens Instituut'') in Amsterdam is a research institute for Dutch language and culture within the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (''Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen'' or KNAW).
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database of given names in the Netherlands. People with the name include:
Jacco
*Jacco Arends
Jacco Arends (born 28 January 1991) is a Dutch retired badminton player who specializes in doubles. Arends began playing badminton at his hometown club BC Duinwijck, and in 2009, he won European Junior Championships in mixed doubles with Selena P ...
(born 1991), Dutch badminton player
*Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Folkert Eltingh (born 29 August 1970) is a former professional male tennis player and former world No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.
He is best known for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis. Together they ...
(born 1970), Dutch tennis player
* (born 1988), Dutch multi-instrumentalist
*Jacco Verhaeren
Jacco Verhaeren (born April 4, 1969 in Rijsbergen) is a Dutch swimming coach and manager. He is best known for guiding Pieter van den Hoogenband, Inge de Bruijn, and Ranomi Kromowidjojo to multiple Olympic gold medals, and for leading significant ...
(born 1969), Dutch swimming coach
*Jacco (singer)
Labyrint formed in 2007 was a Swedish hip hop music group from Gottsunda, Uppsala.
After performing for a number of years together, in 2007, they had a breakthrough with "Vår Betong" and in 2009 collaborated with Masse from The Salazar Brother ...
, real name Jack Mattar, Swedish rapper of the band Labyrint
Animals:
*Jacco Macacco
Jacco Macacco was a fighting ape or monkey who was exhibited in monkey-baiting matches at the Westminster Pit in London in the early 1820s. He achieved some measure of fame among the sporting community through his reputed prodigious record of vic ...
, fighting ape or monkey exhibited in monkey-baiting matches in London in the early 1820s
Jakko
*Jakko Jakszyk
Michael "Jakko" Jakszyk (born Michael Lee Curran, 8 June 1958) is an English musician, record producer, and actor. He has released several solo albums as a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist and has been the lead singer for King Crims ...
(born 1958), stage name of Michael Lee Curran, English musician
*Jakko Jan Leeuwangh
Jakko Jan Leeuwangh (born 9 September 1972) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands. He finished fourth in the 1998 Olympic 1000 m event. In January 2000 he broke the 1500 m world record in Calgary, Canada, holding the record until it was br ...
(born 1972), Dutch speed skater
See also
* Jacko (disambiguation)
*Jaco (disambiguation)
Jaco may refer to:
Places
*Jaco Island, island of East Timor
*Jacó, Costa Rica, a town in Western Costa Rica
* Jaco, West Virginia
Animals
* Jaco is the local name for the Dominican endemic red-necked amazon parrot
* Usual name for the grey par ...
References
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Dutch masculine given names