Jogaila

(Baltic origin:) Composed of the two stems joti (“to ride horseback”) +‎ gailas (“strong, powerful”). Compare Belarusian Ягайла (Jahajla) and Polish Jagiełło.

(Germanic origin:) Some Germanist scholars who study Baltic onomastics, especially Raymond Schmittlein, claimed that the name Jogaila and its Slavic cognates are of Gothic origin and that they are composed of agis (“fear”) +‎ gails (“lively, wayward, arrogant”) (cognated to Old High German Agil). This perspective disputes analyses that construct the name solely from Balto-Slavic onomastics.^[1]

Jogáila m (feminine Jogáilė) stress pattern 1

1. (archaic) a male given name
2. (historical) Jogaila (Grand Duke of Lithuania (1377–1381 and 1382–1401), later giving the position to his cousin Vytautas in exchange for the title of Supreme Duke of Lithuania (1401–1434) and then King of Poland (1386–1434), first alongside his wife Jadwiga until 1399, and then sole ruler of Poland)

Jogáila m (feminine Jogáilienė, unmarried feminine Jogáiláitė) stress pattern 1

1. a surname

• “Jogaila”, in Vardai [Names], Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija [Commission on the Lithuanian language], 2010–2025
• “Jogaila”, in Pavardžių duomenų bazė [Surname database], ekalba.lt, 2011–2025