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

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

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