Forename Yaacov

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Yaacov

name Jakúb, name Jokūbas, name Xacobe, name Jaakko, name Jaime, name Diago, name Yago, name Jakow, name יעקב, name Iacopo, name Yakov, name Jacopo, name Jacob, name Chaime, name Santjago, name Яаков, name Jacques, name Iakov, name يعقوب, name Jacobus, name James, name Yaqoob, name Santiago, name Iacob, name Jakubs, name Jacb, name Jago, name Diego, name Jaakob, name Jákob, name Yaacov, name Iakow, name Jaume, name Yaqub, name Jakob, name Джек, name Yaqoub, name Iago, name Jack, name Thiago, name Iacobus, name Yaakov, name Tiago, name Ya'Aqov, name Yacob, name Jakov, name Yakub, name Яков, name Ζακ, name Ya'Akov, name Ya'Acov, name Dydak, name Yaaqov, name Jacobo, name Джейкоб

VARIANT	COUNTRY
يعقوب	Egypt, Iran, Sudan, Iraq, Jordan
Яков	Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Russia
יעקב	Israel
Yaacov	Sweden, Panama, Israel, France, United States
Яаков	Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan

First names said to be same

Chaime, Diago, Diego, Dydak, Iacob, Iacobus, Iacopo, Iago, Iakov, Iakow, Jaakko, Jaakob, Jacb, Jack, Jacob, Jacobo, Jacobus, Jacopo, Jacques, Jago, Jaime, Jakob, Jakov, Jakow, Jakubs, Jakúb, James, Jaume, Jokūbas, Jákob, Santiago, Santjago, Thiago, Tiago, Xacobe, Ya'Acov, Ya'Akov, Ya'Aqov, Yaakov, Yaaqov, Yacob, Yago, Yakov, Yakub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yaqub, Ζακ, Джейкоб, Джек,

First name Yaacov in the context

Yaacov 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 Jakob Maria Mierscheid , the fictitious politician, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	yaacov palmoni Israeli entomologist, founder and director "Beth Gordon", UA (b. 1887)
	yaacov kanterovitch Israeli artist, BY (b. 1890)
	yaacov bchiri Tunisian musician, TN (b. 1912)
	yaacov eisenscher Israeli painter, IL (b. 1896)
	yaacov pat PL (b. 1894)
	yaacov breir Israeli footballer, IL (b. 1910)
	yaacov zipper PL (b. 1900)
	yaacov zelibanski Israeli association football player, IL (b. 1911)
	yaacov liberman Zionist politician and writer, CN (b. 1923)
	yaacov visoker Israeli footballer (b. 1930)
	yaacov bernstein Israeli chess player, IL (b. 1939)
	yaacov shlomo khazanoff
	yaacov heller American sculptor (b. 1941)
	yaacov ro'i GB (b. 1933)
	yaacov trope American psychologist, US (b. 1945)