Stiletto heel Stiletto heel A stiletto heel is a long, thin, high heel found on some boots and shoes, usually for women. It is named after the stiletto dagger, the phrase being first recorded in the early 1930s. Stiletto heels may vary in length from 2.5 centimetres (1 inch) to 25 cm (10 inches) or more if a platform sole is used, and are sometimes defined as having a diameter at the ground of less than 1 cm (slightly less than half an inch). Stiletto-style heels or shorter are called kitten heels. Not all high slim heels merit the description stiletto. The
Jacob (name) Jacob (name) Jacob is a common male given name and a less well-known surname. It is a cognate of James. Jacob is derived from Late Latin "Iacobus", from Greek "Iakobos", from Hebrew ("Yaʿqob", "Yaʿaqov", " Yaʿăqōḇ"), the name of the Hebrew patriarch, Jacob son of Isaac and Rebecca. The name comes either from the Hebrew root "ʿqb" meaning "to follow, to be behind" but also "to supplant, circumvent, assail, overreach", or from the word for "heel", "ʿaqeb". In the narrative of Genesis, it refers to the circumstances of Jacob's birth when he held on to the heel of his older