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Updated my lists here (boys) and here (girls)

I recently started to like the name Jacob, but I really hate the nickname Jake. I've never heard of a Jacob who wasn't a Jake.
If I ever did name a little boy Jacob, I would prefer that he always went by Jacob, but obviously I wouldn't be able to stop other people calling him Jake, even himself if he liked that better. The only possible way I can think of to pre-empt this would be to call him Jack (which I quite like) as a nickname. 
Is Jack a weird nickname for Jacob, when it's traditionally a nickname for John?

Also, what do you think of Mimi, specifically as a nickname for Jemima?

An interesting name I heard the other week was Zacharina for a girl. WDYT? Is it a real name? I'm not sure I like it, and it reminds me of that instrument, an ocarina.