Jesko or Jesco is a male given name, which is used among
Slavs
Slavs are the largest European ethnolinguistic group. They speak the various Slavic languages, belonging to the larger Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout northern Eurasia, main ...
and in
Germany. It is a short form of
Jaromir Jaromír, Jaromir, Jaroměr is a Slavic male given name.
Origin and meaning
Jaromír is a West Slavic given name composed of two stems ''jaro'' and ''mír''.
The meaning is not definite:
*Polish ''jary'' (archaic) = „spry, young, strong“; ''m ...
or
Jaroslaw and may mean "the peaceful one", "the brave one", "the proud one" or "the soldierly one".
There may be a link with the name of Polish ruler
Mieszko I of Poland.
Like many traditional names ending with -ko such as
Aiko,
the name Jesko is somewhat associated with the gentry in Germany, but also used by other families. It is popular in the "von Puttkammer" family. Because it is an old name it is used in the more traditional minded population and is rare among the general population.
Notable people with name include:
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Jesko Friedrich, German comedic television actor and writer
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Jesco von Puttkamer, German-American aerospace engineer and senior NASA manager
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Jesko Albert Eugen von Puttkamer, German colonial military chief
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Jesko Raffin, Swiss motorcycle racer
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Jesco White
Jesco White, also known as the "Dancing Outlaw" (born July 30, 1956) is an American folk dancer and entertainer. He is best known as the subject of three American documentary films that detail his desire to follow in his famous father's footstep ...
, Entertainer from Boone County, West Virginia. Subject of the documentary “Dancing Outlaw.”
Other
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Koenigsegg Jesko, a mid-engine sports car produced by Swedish automobile manufacturer
Koenigsegg.
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