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

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

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