# Jaakko (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jaakko/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Jaakko

- Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and logician
- Jaakko Tallus, Finnish Nordic combined skier
- Jaakko Hänninen, Finnish cyclist
- Jaakko Friman, Finnish olympic speed skater (1904–1987)
- Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, Finnish academic (1963–2023)
- Jaakko Pakkasvirta, Finnish film director, actor and screenwriter (1934–2018)
- Jaakko Juteini, Finnish poet
- Jaakko Oksanen, Finnish association football player
- Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, Finnish composer and translator
- Tomi Poikolainen, Finnish archer and firefighter
- Jorma Ollila, Finnish businessman
- Niko Mikkola, Finnish ice hockey player (born 1996)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.