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

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