Forename Yakiv

Around the world, Yakiv (Яків , Yakiv , Якив ) is a common boy's given name. The forename Yakiv is characteristic of Ukraine, where it is quite a common masculine name, Greece, where it is a rare male name, and India, where it is an extremely rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Ukraine, India, and China.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Yakiv

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Яків	Ukraine
Yakiv	Greece, Ukraine, United States, India, China
Якив	Ukraine, Russia

First names said to be same

Džeimss, Giacomo, Jacb, Jacob, Jacobus, Jacques, Jakab, Jakau, Jakez, Jakiv, Jakiw, Jakob, Jakov, Jakow, Jakub, Jakubs, Jakób, Jakúb, James, Jaume, Jokūbas, Yacob, Yakau, Yakov, Yakow, Yakub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yaqub, Ζακ, Ιάκωβος, Джакомо, Джейкоб, Джеймс, Джекобс, Джэймс, Жак, Жауме, Иаков, Яаков, Якаб, Якав, Якаў, Якоб, Якобс, Якобус, Яков, Якуб, Яша, Іаков,

First name Yakiv in the context

Yakiv is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: James, son of Alphaeus , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ; Jakob Maria Mierscheid , the fictitious politician; Jacob , the fictional character of the TV series Lost; Jakob Nyman , character in Sex Education and Yasha , the character in the play "The Cherry Orchard", and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	yakiv lyzohub (b. 1786)
	yakiv rudnytskyi (b. 1865)
	yakiv kindzeryavyi-pastukh (b. 1897)
	yakiv makovetsky Ukrainian nationalist leader (1909-1990), DE (b. 1909)
	yakiv zhurakivsky
	yakiv petrovich didukh botanist (b. 1948)
	yakiv romanovych rozum Est 1650 - Abt 1700
	yakiv solomonovych brodsky Ph.D. Leningrad State University 1976
	yakiv ivashchuk Ph.D. 2014
	yakiv tsvietinskyi (b. 1991)

Forename Yakiv

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Yakiv

First names said to be same

First name Yakiv in the context

Notable namesakes

Characteristic surnames