iago
/iˈɑɡoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name.
Etymology
From Welsh, Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician Iago, 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 Yago, Jago, James, Jacob, Jacques, and Santiago.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, Iago, Iacobus, Ἰάκωβος, יַעֲקֹב
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /iˈɑɡoʊ/
- British English: /iˈɑːɡəʊ/