Jake is a modern, short form of the male name Jacob, but can also be a name in itself.
Individuals named Jake include:
- Jake Arnott (born 1961), British novelist
- Jake T. Austin (born 1994), American actor
- Jake Short (born 1997), American Actor
- Jake Lloyd (born 1989), American actor
- Jake Gyllenhaal (born 1980), American actor
- Jake Hager (born 1982), American professional wrestler better known as Jack Swagger
- Jake Humphrey (born 1978), sports television presenter
- Jake LaMotta (born 1921), world middleweight champion boxer, later portrayed by Robert De Niro in the 1980 film Raging Bull
- Jake Locker (born 1988), American football player (quarterback, University of Washington)
- Jake Long (born 1985), American football player (offensive tackle, Miami Dolphins)
- Jake Plummer (born 1974), American football player (unofficially retired)
- Jake Roberts (born 1955), American professional wrestler (aka "Jake the Snake")
- Jake Steinfeld (born 1958), American actor and fitness personality
- Jake Thackray (born 1938), English singer-songwriter, poet and journalist
- Jake Thomas (born 1990), American actor and singer
- Jake White (born 1963), South African rugby coach
Fictional characters named Jake include:
- Jacob David "Jake" Harper, a main character in TV comedy series Two and a Half Men
- Jake Featherston, Hitler-like dictator in Harry Turtledove's Timeline-191 series
- American Dragon: Jake Long, title character in an animated television series which airs on Disney Channel
- Jake, a video game character in the Ape Escape series
- Jake, a pet dog of Betty Spaghetty
- Jake, the main character dog in the game Dog's Life
- Jake Fischer, a character played by Ashton Kutcher in the film The Guardian
- Jake 2.0, title character in a science fiction television series that aired from 2003 to 2004 on UPN
- Jake Berenson, a character from the Animorphs book series by K. A. Applegate
- Jake Spidermonkey, a main character in My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- J.J. "Jake" Gittes, the cop turned detective and main character in Roman Polanski's 1974 film Chinatown
- Jake Blues, lead vocalist of The Blues Brothers band and one of the main characters in The Blues Brothers film
- Jake Chambers, a boy and one of the main characters in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series
- Jake English, a character from the webcomic Homestuck
- Jake Martin (All My Children), U.S. soap opera All My Children
- Jake Martin (Degrassi character), Canadian drama Degrassi
- Jake Green, the protagonist of the TV series Jericho
- Jake the Peg, a three-legged man, the subject of a song sung by Rolf Harris
- Jake Sully, the protagonist of the film Avatar
- Jake Tucker, a character in Family Guy
- Jake the Dog, a main character of Adventure Time
Jake may also refer to:
- Jake, a young male Wild Turkey
- "The Jake," nickname of the Major League Baseball stadium once known as Jacobs Field, now Progressive Field
- Jake brake, a particular brand of engine brake
- Jake, a slang term in the United States for Jamaica ginger extract
- Jake, a slang term used in Discordianism to describe a prank, often celebrated on Jake Day
- Jake / Bot2, one of the ROVs used during the filming of the documentary Ghosts of the Abyss
- Jake the Alligator Man, an oddity on view in Long Beach, Washington
- Less Than Jake, a skate punk band
- The Japanese World War II reconnaissance floatplane, the Aichi E13A, Allied reporting name "Jake"
- Jake the Peg (Rolf Harris song)
- Jake, a slang term for masturbation