Forename Yaakov

Across the world, Yaakov (يعقوب , Яков , יעקב , and others...) is a widespread boy's given name. The first name Yaakov is habitual in Sudan, where it is quite a common boy's name, Kazakhstan, and Oman (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Russia, Sudan, and Kazakhstan. Much less frequently, Yaakov is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Yaakov

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

VARIANT	COUNTRY
يعقوب	Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Jordan, Egypt
Яков	Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan
יעקב	Israel
Yaakov	Panama, Israel, Cyprus, Romania, United States
Яаков	Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, 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, Yaacov, Yaaqov, Yacob, Yago, Yakov, Yakub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yaqub, Ζακ, Джейкоб, Джек,

First name Yaakov in the context

Yaakov 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

	yaakov ben yakar German rabbi, DE (b. 990)
	yaakov de castro (b. 1525)
	yaakov curiel Merchant (b. 1514)
	yaakov culi ottoman rabbi (b. 1689)
	yaakov koppel altenkunshtadt Rabbi, DE (b. 1766)
	yaakov rokach Libyan Hakham, LY (b. 1800)
	yaakov ben yitsḥaḳ daṿid gintsburg CZ (b. 1743)
	yaakov gesundheit chief rabbi of Warsaw (1815-1878), PL (b. 1815)
	yaakov bruchin (b. 1780)
	yaakov aryeh guterman Polish Rabbi (1792-1874) (b. 1792)
	yaakov chaim sofer Iraqi rabbi, IQ (b. 1870)
	yaakov moshe sapir (b. 1864)
	yaakov yosef herman Orthodox Jewish pioneer in America, BY (b. 1880)
	yaakov yehezkiya greenwald Hungarian Jewish religious leader (b. 1882)
	yaakov yisroel korff Rabbi (b. 1883)