Jaap
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
Jaap is a name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies).
What does Jaap mean?
Germanic
A male given name from Dutch
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jaap a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Jaap has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 5 boys in the UK.
How popular is Jaap in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 257% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Jaap, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. 5 boys were also named Jaap in 2025 (3,747th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Jaap of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Jaap in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
Names like Jaap
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Japneet Gurnaaz Prisha Anvika Aavya Aarvi Gursanjh Saanvi Krishvi Anvi Shanvi Pranshi
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jaap: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaap, updated 20 October 2026.