Forename Jakob

In the world, Jakob (Jakob , Яков , יעקב , among others...) is a widespread masculine first name. The given name Jakob is characteristic of Germany, where it is quite a common male name, Kazakhstan, and Greenland (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Germany, Russia, and Kazakhstan. Much less frequently, Jakob is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Jakob is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Jakob

name جاكوب, name Jacobson, name Jakúb, name Jokūbas, name Jackoby, name Jaakko, name Jakób, name Jaime, name Jacobsson, name Jacó, name Giacomo, name Якоб, name Jakoby, name Jakow, name Jakub, name יעקב, name Iacopo, name Jacopo, name Jacob, name Chaime, name Jakobi, name Jacques, name Jacobus, name James, name Джейкоб, name Džeimss, name Iacob, name Jakubs, name Copen, name Jacb, name Diego, name Jaakob, name Jakòb, name Jakobs, name Jakez, name Jakobsson, name Jaume, name Jupp, name Jakob, name Jaco, name Fritaa, name Iacobus, name Jacobs, name Iakoba, name Jakobson, name Jim, name Jakov, name Jakobsen, name Яков, name Jakue, name Jacoby, name Jakab, name Jacco, name Jacobo, name Jiminy, name Jockel

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Jakob	Germany, Sweden, Israel, United States, Denmark
Яков	Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Russia
יעקב	Israel
جاكوب	Egypt, Syria, Sudan, Iraq, Lebanon
Якоб	Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia
Джейкоб	Ukraine, Russia

First names said to be same

Chaime, Copen, Diego, Džeimss, Fritaa, Giacomo, Iacob, Iacobus, Iacopo, Iakoba, Jaakko, Jaakob, Jacb, Jacco, Jackoby, Jaco, Jacob, Jacobo, Jacobs, Jacobson, Jacobsson, Jacobus, Jacoby, Jacopo, Jacques, Jacó, Jaime, Jakab, Jakez, Jakobi, Jakobs, Jakobsen, Jakobson, Jakobsson, Jakoby, Jakov, Jakow, Jakub, Jakubs, Jakue, Jakòb, Jakób, Jakúb, James, Jaume, Jim, Jiminy, Jockel, Jokūbas, Jupp,

First name Jakob in the context

Jakob is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: St. James the Elder, Apostle , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, Gospel of Mark; Jacob , the in Genesis, a son of Isaac, also known as Israel; the patriarch of the Israelites, The Qur’an; Jakob Maria Mierscheid , the fictitious politician; James, son of Alphaeus , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and Thing , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	anund jakob King of Sweden, SE (b. 1008)
	jakob erlandsen Danish archbishop, DE (b. 1250)
	jakob haas IT (b. 1200)
	jakob von wart (b. 1250)
	jakob ben ascher Influential Medieval rabbinic authority referred to as Baal ha-Turim., DE (b. 1269)
	jakob van artevelde Flemish statesman and political leader (1290-1345), BE (b. 1290)
	jakob von ibelin (b. 1240)
	jakob rych CH (b. 1250)
	jakob tugehenn (b. 1250)
	jakob lange (b. 1250)
	jakob knoblauch German politician, DE (b. 1300)
	jakob von reinach [rinach] (b. 1299)
	jakob i 'der goldene ritter' truchsess von waldburg zu trauchburg (b. 1350)
	jakob von bludau RU (b. 1300)
	jakob colyn German politician (1310-1370), DE (b. 1310)