Forename Яаков

All over the world, Яаков (Yaakov , Yaacov , Яаков , among others...) is quite a rare masculine first name. The given name Яаков is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Lithuania, where it is a rare masculine name, and Slovakia. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the United States, Israel, and France. Likewise, Яаков is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Яаков

name Jaakko, name Jakiw, name Santjago, name Jaco, name Giacomo, name Iacopo, name Ya'Aqov, name Jaume, name Яаков, name Jockel, name Ya'Akov, name Yaacov, name Jakau, name Jokūbas, name Santiago, name Iacobus, name Jim, name Jacobus, name Džeimss, name Jacb, name Iaakov, name Jakub, name Jacó, name Jacco, name Seamus, name Jakez, name Yaakov, name Dori, name Jakob, name Jakiv, name Jakób, name Jacob, name Jaakov, name Jiminy, name Jacques, name Iakow, name Iacob, name Jamie, name Thiago, name Jacobo, name James, name Jakov, name Jákob, name Séamus, name Jakow, name Diego, name Jacopo, name Yaakow, name Jaime, name Jakubs, name Jakúb, name Iakov, name Jämes, name Jakab, name Ya'Acov

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Yaakov	Panama, France, Israel, United States, Romania
Yaacov	Panama, France, Israel, United States, Canada
Яаков	Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia
Jaakov	Mexico, United States, Brazil, Canada
Ya'Akov	Israel, United States, United Kingdom, Peru

First names said to be same

Diego, Dori, Džeimss, Giacomo, Iaakov, Iacob, Iacobus, Iacopo, Iakov, Iakow, Jaakko, Jacb, Jacco, Jaco, Jacob, Jacobo, Jacobus, Jacopo, Jacques, Jacó, Jaime, Jakab, Jakau, Jakez, Jakiv, Jakiw, Jakob, Jakov, Jakow, Jakub, Jakubs, Jakób, Jakúb, James, Jamie, Jaume, Jim, Jiminy, Jockel, Jokūbas, Jákob, Jämes, Santiago, Santjago, Seamus, Séamus, Thiago, Ya'Acov, Ya'Aqov, Yaakow,

First name Яаков in the context

Яаков is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: St. James the Elder, Apostle , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, Gospel of Mark; Jacob , the in Genesis, a son of Isaac, also known as Israel; the patriarch of the Israelites, The Qur’an; James, son of Alphaeus , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ; Yasha , the character in the play "The Cherry Orchard" and Генерал Яков Михайлович Аносов , character in The Bracelet of Garnets, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	ицхаки, яаков founder of Be'er Ya'akov, Israel, RU (b. 1846)
	сигал, яаков ицхак Canadian Yiddish poet and journalist, UA (b. 1896)
	лацкий-бертольди, яаков зеев вольф politician, UA (b. 1881)
	яаков элиав UA (b. 1917)
	яаков шнеерзон son of the Tzemach Tzedek, RU

Characteristic surnames

Черняк, Слуцький, and Гольдін