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 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
Yaakov	Panama, Israel, Cyprus, United States, Romania
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, 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)