Forename Jacobus

Worldwide, Jacobus (Jacobus , Ιάκωβος , Якобус ) is a common masculine given name. The given name Jacobus is characteristic of South Africa, where it is a common male name, Suriname, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Namibia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in South Africa, Indonesia, and Netherlands. Much less frequently, Jacobus is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Jacobus

name Jákob, name Якобус, name Jacb, name Ya'Acov, name Thiago, name Ιάκωβος, name Jaco, name Ya'Aqov, name Jakez, name Jaume, name Jim, name Giacomo, name Jakúb, name Diego, name Jacóbus, name Jacobs, name Jacoby, name Jakub, name Jacobo, name Santiago, name Jacó, name Jakubus, name Jacco, name Jakobus, name Jakov, name Yaacov, name Jakob, name Jakubs, name Jakow, name Jiminy, name Seamus, name James, name Fritaa, name Jacobus, name Iacopo, name Jacobsen, name Jacopo, name Jakób, name Iacobus, name Merdaa, name Xacobe, name Jaakko, name Santjago, name Chaime, name Jämes, name Jacobi, name Jakab, name Jokūbas, name Jacob, name Džeimss, name Jockel, name Séamus, name Jacques

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Jacobus	South Africa, United States, Netherlands, Indonesia, Namibia
Ιάκωβος	Greece
Якобус	Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan

First names said to be same

Chaime, Diego, Džeimss, Fritaa, Giacomo, Iacobus, Iacopo, Jaakko, Jacb, Jacco, Jaco, Jacob, Jacobi, Jacobo, Jacobs, Jacobsen, Jacoby, Jacopo, Jacques, Jacó, Jacóbus, Jakab, Jakez, Jakob, Jakobus, Jakov, Jakow, Jakub, Jakubs, Jakubus, Jakób, Jakúb, James, Jaume, Jim, Jiminy, Jockel, Jokūbas, Jákob, Jämes, Merdaa, Santiago, Santjago, Seamus, Séamus, Thiago, Xacobe, Ya'Acov, Ya'Aqov, Yaacov,

First name Jacobus in the context

Jacobus is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jacobus , the operatic character in the opera Brockes-Passion (Händel), Brockes Passion; Jacobus Van Curlet , the character in the opera The Goveror's Vrouw by John Erskine, The Governor's Vrouw; Jakub Wędrowycz , character in Konan Destylator; Kuba Potulicki and Jakub Kusy , among other works.

Notable namesakes

	jacobus de mediolano author (13th century) (b. 1201)
	jacobus de boragine (b. 1200)
	jacobus dictus magnus politician, DE (b. 1300)
	jacobus von eltville (b. 1325)
	jacobus de theramo (b. 1349)
	jacobus de agello author (15th century) (b. 1401)
	jacobus vide Franco-Flemish composer (b. 1405)
	jacobus de reno (b. 1446)
	jacobus barle (b. 1450)
	jacobus magdalius von gouda DE (b. 1470)
	jacobus apocellus Jacobus Apocellus of Ubstadt (d 1550), a correspondent of Desiderius Erasmus, cf. Contemporaries of Erasmus I, 67-68, DE (b. 1484)
	jacobus zaffius Dutch pastor and theologian, NL (b. 1534)
	jacobus probst German theologian, DE (b. 1486)
	jacobus pamelius Belgian bishop, BE (b. 1536)
	jacobus ludovicus strebaeus FR (b. 1481)

Characteristic surnames

Nel, Pienaar, Du Toit, Grobler, Jordaan, Joubert, Erasmus, Viljoen, Vorster, Olivier, Prinsloo, Pieterse, Du Preez, Swanepoel, Pretorius, Potgieter, Du Plessis, Oosthuizen, Engelbrecht, Bezuidenhout, Van Den Berg, Van Der Merwe, Barnard, Coetzee, Strydom, Myburgh, Smit, Roux, Louw, Meyer, Steyn, Smith, Swart, Botha, Kotze, Marais, Janse Van Rensburg, Muller, Cloete, Bester, Burger, Kruger, De Wet, Jacobs, Theron, Visser, Venter, Fourie, Snyman, and Van Der Westhuizen