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

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

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)

Forename יעקב

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name יעקב

First names said to be same

First name יעקב in the context

Notable namesakes

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