Forename יעקב

Throughout the world, יעקב (Jacob , Jakub , Jakob , along with others...) is a widespread principally boy's, but very infrequently female forename. The given name יעקב is habitual in Czechia, where it is a common masculine name, Croatia, and Poland (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the United States, Nigeria, and Germany. Likewise, יעקב is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name יעקב

name Iacobus, name Benjacob, name Jacobsen, name Jakobsen, name Jaakov, name Jakobsohn, name Jakiw, name Jack, name Jackoby, name Jakow, name Jacqueline, name Ya'Acov, name Jacobo, name Jakau, name Jaakko, name Jakobsson, name Jacobus, name Jacobsohn, name יעקב, name Jakab, name Jacob, name Jakub, name Ya'Akov, name Yaakov, name Jakov, name Iakov, name Jaco, name Jacques, name Yaacov, name Jacqui, name Iakow, name Hakob, name Iacob, name Fritaa, name Diago, name Jacobson, name Iakob, name Chaime, name Jacco, name Jakobus, name Giacomo, name Jakobs, name Yakov, name Jaakob, name Jacopo, name Jakiv, name Dydak, name Jacobs, name Jakubs, name Jakob, name Jacó, name Jaime, name Diego, name Jacobsson, name Iacopo, name Jacb, name Jakobson, name Jakez, name Jago, name Džeimss, name Iago

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Jakob, Jakub, Jacob	Nigeria, Poland, India, Germany, United States
יעקב, Ya'Acov	Israel
Jakov	Czechia, South Africa, Germany, United States, France
Yakov	Nigeria, India, Tanzania, Germany, United States
Iakob	Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Georgia, United States
Yaakov	Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, Germany, United States
Yaacov	India, South Africa, Germany, United States, France
Ya'Akov	Peru, United States, Israel, United Kingdom

First names said to be same

Benjacob, Chaime, Diago, Diego, Dydak, Džeimss, Fritaa, Giacomo, Hakob, Iacob, Iacobus, Iacopo, Iago, Iakov, Iakow, Jaakko, Jaakob, Jaakov, Jacb, Jacco, Jack, Jackoby, Jaco, Jacobo, Jacobs, Jacobsen, Jacobsohn, Jacobson, Jacobsson, Jacobus, Jacopo, Jacqueline, Jacques, Jacqui, Jacó, Jago, Jaime, Jakab, Jakau, Jakez, Jakiv, Jakiw, Jakobs, Jakobsen, Jakobsohn, Jakobson, Jakobsson, Jakobus, Jakow, Jakubs,

First name יעקב in the context

יעקב 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; Thing , the fictional character in Marvel Comics and Jakob Maria Mierscheid , the fictitious politician, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	יעקב הצדיק Jewish bishop of Jerusalem figure in Early Christianity, IL (b. 100)
	יעקב משה עייאש IL (b. 1727)
	יעקב אייכענבוים Galician-Jewish maskil, educator, poet and mathematician, UA (b. 1796)
	יעקב שאול אלישר rabbi, IL (b. 1817)
	יעקב מאיר chief rabbis of HaYeshuv, IL (b. 1856)
	יעקב שאלתיאל ניניו IL (b. 1800)
	יעקב נחום אפשטיין Scholar of the Talmud, IL (b. 1878)
	יעקב משה טולידאנו Israeli chief rabbi (1880-1960), IL (b. 1880)
	יעקב כהן writer from Israel (1881-1960), IL (b. 1881)
	יעקב בן דב Israeli photographer, IL (b. 1882)
	יעקב משה חרל"פ Israeli rabbi, IL (b. 1882)
	יעקב האפט Israeli writer (1884-1966), IL (b. 1884)
	יעקב זרובבל Ukrainian activist, IL (b. 1886)
	יעקב קליבנוב Israeli politician, IL (b. 1887)
	יעקב אורי Israeli politician (1888-1970), IL (b. 1888)