Forename Yaaqov

Throughout the world, Yaaqov (יעקב , Yaaqov ) is a rare masculine first name. The given name Yaaqov is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare primarily male, but very infrequently feminine name. Very seldom, Yaaqov is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Yaaqov

VARIANT	COUNTRY
יעקב	Israel
Yaaqov	Israel, United States, India, Canada, Brazil

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, Yaakov, Yacob, Yago, Yakov, Yakub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yaqub, Ζακ, Джейкоб, Джек,

First name Yaaqov in the context

Yaaqov 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

yaaqov vaingorten chess player (b. 1981)

Characteristic surnames

Tov, Stanovsky, Vaingorten, Halperin, Turgeman, Maureira, Yisrael, Thaller, Gamliel, Krispin, Ben-Eyal, Avramov, Wilker, Vaknin, Tshuva, Louria, Rosh-Gdolian, Rahlin, Sasi, Ratz, Levi, Tibi, Haim, Fain, Gershkovich, Adato, Kakon, Sasson, Shavit, Abrams, Attias, Bidani, Black, and Schlesinger