Jago is a name first found in Cornwall (now part of England, UK), with the variant spellings Jagoe, Jagow, Jeago, Jego,^[1] Jeggo, Lago, and others.^[2] Its origins are debated,^[1] but one theory is that it derives from the Welsh lago and Cornish Jago, meaning "James",^[2] which is a later version of the name Jacob, meaning "supplanter".^[1]

People with the name Jago include:

• Jago (illustrator) (born 1979), British illustrator
• Jago (sculptor) (born 1987), real name Jacopo Cardillo, Italian sculptor
• Jago of Britain, a legendary king of the Britons

• Jago Cooper (born 1977), British archaeologist
• Jago Eliot (1966–2006), British artist

• Becky Jago (born 1976), British television presenter
• Charles Jago (born 1943), Canadian historian
• Fred W. P. Jago (fl. 1838–1892), scholar of the Cornish language
• F. V. Jago (1780–1846), English antiquary and oriental traveller, later styled Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell
• Harry Jago (1913–1997), Australian politician
• James Jago (1815–1893), British physician
• Martin Jago (born 1972), British-American poet and stage director
• Nick Jago (born 1977), British musician; drummer of the American rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
• Richard Jago (1715–1781), British poet
• Valentine Jago (1913–1983), an Irish politician

• Henry Gordon Jago, a Doctor Who character
• Jago, a character in C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner series
• Jago (Killer Instinct), a playable character from the video game Killer Instinct

• Iago (disambiguation)