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Iago
ee-AH-goh
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A male given name, best known as the villainous character in Shakespeare's Othello.
"Iago is remembered as one of literature's greatest villains."
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Etymology
From Welsh, Spanish, and Portuguese Iago, ultimately from Hebrew Jacob via Greek and Latin; a doublet of James and Jacob.