Forename Ya'Qub

In the entire world, Ya'Qub (يعقوب , יעקב , یعقوب ) is a common predominantly boy's, but scarcely girly first name. The first name Ya'Qub is characteristic of Sudan, where it is quite a common boy's name, Oman, and Iraq, where it is quite a common predominantly male, but very seldom girly name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Sudan, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. Likewise, Ya'Qub is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Ya'Qub

name یعقوب, name Яков, name יאעקוב, name Jokūbas, name Яків, name يعقوب, name Якъуб, name Jacó, name Якуб, name Jēkabs, name იაკობი, name Ya'Qub, name Иаков, name Jákob, name יעקב

VARIANT	COUNTRY
يعقوب	Egypt, Iran, Sudan, Iraq, Jordan
יעקב	Israel
یعقوب	Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
Ya'Qub	Iraq, Indonesia, Nigeria

First names said to be same

Jacó, Jokūbas, Jákob, Jēkabs, Иаков, Яков, Якуб, Якъуб, Яків, יאעקוב, and იაკობი

First name Ya'Qub in the context

Ya'Qub 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; James, son of Alphaeus , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ; Thing , the fictional character in Marvel Comics and Jacob Frye , the fictional character in the Assassin's Creed series, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	ali musthafa ya'qub Indonesian Grand Imam, ID (b. 1952)
	juhri ya'qub Indonesian politician (born 1968 in Jakarta), ID (b. 1968)
	ya'qub ibn ishaq al-israili 12th-century Egyptian Jewish physician
	ya'qub ibn ishaq al-tamimi
	ya'qub al-hadhrami

Characteristic surnames

Abdul, Hassan, Muhammad, Abdullahi, and Al-Husaine