Forename Jacob

Around the world, Jacob (Jacob , يعقوب , Яков , among others...) is a widespread principally male, but scarcely feminine forename. The first name Jacob is habitual in the United States, where it is a common boy's name, Nigeria, where it is quite a common epicene name, and Guam, where it is quite a common boy's name (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 Russia. Also, Jacob is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Jacob

name Chaime, name Coppin, name Jacobus, name Jakob, name Jackoby, name Iakov, name Iakow, name Jacób, name Diago, name Jakiw, name Jacb, name Džeimss, name Jacobsen, name Джейкоб, name Jacobsson, name Jakobsohn, name Jacobson, name Jakez, name Jakobsen, name Fritaa, name Jacobo, name Diego, name Jacôb, name Jago, name Iacob, name Jakobson, name Jaakob, name Jake, name Jaakko, name Jacques, name Hakob, name Jacob, name Iacobus, name Жакоб, name Jacó, name Jacobsohn, name Jaime, name Jacopo, name Dydak, name Jack, name Jakobs, name Jakobsson, name يعقوب, name Giacomo, name Jacobs, name Iago, name Iacopo, name Jakau, name Jakiv, name Яков, name Jakov, name Jaaku, name Jaco, name יעקב, name Jakobus, name Jakab, name Якоб, name Jacco, name جاكوب

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Jacob	United States, Nigeria, India, Tanzania, Kenya
يعقوب	Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Sudan
Яков	Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan
יעקב	Israel
جاكوب	Syria, Palestinian Territory, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan
Якоб	Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria
Джейкоб	Ukraine, Russia
Iacobus	Italy, Romania
Жакоб	Ukraine

First names said to be same

Chaime, Coppin, Diago, Diego, Dydak, Džeimss, Fritaa, Giacomo, Hakob, Iacob, Iacopo, Iago, Iakov, Iakow, Jaakko, Jaakob, Jaaku, Jacb, Jacco, Jack, Jackoby, Jaco, Jacobo, Jacobs, Jacobsen, Jacobsohn, Jacobson, Jacobsson, Jacobus, Jacopo, Jacques, Jacó, Jacób, Jacôb, Jago, Jaime, Jakab, Jakau, Jake, Jakez, Jakiv, Jakiw, Jakob, Jakobs, Jakobsen, Jakobsohn, Jakobson, Jakobsson, Jakobus, Jakov,

First name Jacob in the context

Jacob is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jacob , the in Genesis, a son of Isaac, also known as Israel; the patriarch of the Israelites, The Qur’an; St. James the Elder, Apostle , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, Gospel of Mark; James, son of Alphaeus , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ; Jacob Frye , the fictional character in the Assassin's Creed series, Assassin's Creed Syndicate and Jacob Black , the character from Twilight, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	jacob of nisibis Syrian saint, TR (b. 300)
	jacob b. idi (b. 300)
	jacob the notary christian martyr in Persia (b. 410)
	jacob ben nissim philosopher and rabbi from Ifriqiya, TN (b. 950)
	jacob ben meir renowned Ashkenazi Jewish rabbi, leading French Tosafist, leading halakhic authority, FR (b. 1100)
	jacob of london British rabbi (b. 1101)
	jacob ben gershom ha-gozer (b. 1100)
	jacob ben eleazar Hebrew Spanish poet (12th–13th centuries), ES (b. 1170)
	jacob ben reuben Spanish rabbi, ES (b. 1200)
	jacob bar-salibi Syriac Orthodox bishops (-1171), TR (b. 1200)
	jacob nielsen, count of halland Count of Northern Halland (b. 1201)
	jacob d'ancona Italian explorer (b. 1221)
	jacob van wassenaer (1232-1272) (b. 1232)
	jacob ben makhir ibn tibbon French astronomer, FR (b. 1236)
	jacob xii van der woude heer van warmond (1245-1302) (b. 1245)