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