Forename Яков

In all the world, Яков (Jacob , Jakob , Яков , and others...) is a widespread principally masculine, but scarcely girly given name. The first name Яков is habitual in Croatia, where it is a common masculine name, the United States, and Denmark (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the United States, Nigeria, and Germany. Likewise, Яков is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Яков is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Яков

name Jekabs, name Iacobus, name Jakow, name Jacobbi, name Jakiw, name Jack, name Jim, name Jacobo, name Jakau, name Jakób, name Jaakko, name Jacobus, name Fyodorovich, name Dragomanov, name Jakab, name Jacob, name Jakub, name Yaakov, name Jakov, name Jiminy, name Jakúb, name Iakov, name Jaco, name Iwanowitsch, name Jacques, name Jamie, name Yaacov, name Frank, name Iakow, name Iacob, name Diago, name Balde, name Яков, name Iakoba, name Chaime, name Jacco, name Jaume, name Gordienko, name Giacomo, name Jockel, name Yakov, name Jaakob, name Jacopo, name Jakiv, name Dydak, name James, name Jakubs, name Jokūbas, name Jakue, name Jacó, name Jaime, name Jakob, name Diego, name Iacopo, name Jacb, name Jakez, name Jago, name Džeimss, name Iago

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Yakov, Jakob, Jacob	Nigeria, India, Tanzania, Germany, United States
Яков	Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus
Jakov	South Africa, Denmark, Germany, United States, France
Yaakov	Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, Germany, United States
Yaacov	India, South Africa, Germany, United States, France
Iakov	Brazil, Mexico, Germany, United States, France
Jakow	United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, United States, France

First names said to be same

Balde, Chaime, Diago, Diego, Dragomanov, Dydak, Džeimss, Frank, Fyodorovich, Giacomo, Gordienko, Iacob, Iacobus, Iacopo, Iago, Iakoba, Iakow, Iwanowitsch, Jaakko, Jaakob, Jacb, Jacco, Jack, Jaco, Jacobbi, Jacobo, Jacobus, Jacopo, Jacques, Jacó, Jago, Jaime, Jakab, Jakau, Jakez, Jakiv, Jakiw, Jakub, Jakubs, Jakue, Jakób, Jakúb, James, Jamie, Jaume, Jekabs, Jim, Jiminy, Jockel, Jokūbas,

First name Яков in the context

Яков is also a prevalent 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; Яков Петрович Голядкин , character in The Double and Thing , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	яков светослав emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria, BG (b. 1201)
	яков крайков Venetian printer, BG (b. 1600)
	шах, яков UA (b. 1541)
	яков григорьевич бухвостов Russian architect, RU (b. 1601)
	яков суша Greek-Catholic Bishop of Kholm, BY (b. 1604)
	яков фёдорович долгоруков RU (b. 1639)
	клиша, яков васильевич UA (b. 1600)
	воронченко, яков пархомович UA (b. 1609)
	полуектов, яков леонтьевич RU (b. 1630)
	яков ефимович лизогуб Cossack military officer, UA (b. 1675)
	франк, яков Polish-Jewish religious leader, UA (b. 1726)
	сиверс, яков ефимович Baltic German statesman (1731-1808), LV (b. 1731)
	яков галик Russian iconographer (1685-1763), UA (b. 1685)
	сухотин, яков филиппович RU (b. 1725)
	яков борисович княжнин Russian playwright, RU (b. 1740)