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

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