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

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

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)

Forename Яков

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Яков

First names said to be same

First name Яков in the context

Notable namesakes

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