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In the entire world, Jakiv (Яків , Якив , Jakiv ) is a common masculine first name. The forename Jakiv is habitual in Ukraine, where it is quite a common masculine name, and India, where it is an extremely rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly female name.
Jakiv is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: James, son of Alphaeus , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ; Jakob Maria Mierscheid , the fictitious politician; Jacob , the fictional character of the TV series Lost; Jakob Nyman , character in Sex Education and Yasha , the character in the play "The Cherry Orchard", and in many other works.