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Eh, nothing funky. My grandfather and his brother, my great-uncle, immigrated from Austria-Hungary (what is now probably either the Czech Republic or Slovakia) with their parents when they were children. My great-uncle's name was Jakub, pronounced YAH-kuwp. Once in America, at some point, he decided to go by Jack. I always heard him referred to as Uncle Jack. When my father finally told me at some point that his actual name was Jakub, I said I didn't know why he didn't go by James, as Jacob and James come from the same source. Now I wonder why he didn't just go by Jacob. Either one makes more sense than Jack.

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My grandfather had it easier, he was named Josef after his father. He changed the spelling to Joseph and went by Joe.