Forename Yakov

Globally, Yakov (Яков , יעקב , Yakov , and others...) is a common male given name. The forename Yakov is characteristic of Kazakhstan, where it is quite a common boy's name, Russia, and Ukraine, where it is quite a rare male name. Much less frequently, Yakov is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Yakov is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Yakov

name Iacobus, name Jakow, name Jakiw, name Jim, name Ya'Acov, name Jacobo, name Jakau, name Jakób, name Jämes, name Jaakko, name Jacobus, name Santiago, name יעקב, name Jacob, name Jakab, name Jakub, name Yaakov, name Yaaqov, name Jakov, name Iakov, name Jakúb, name Jiminy, name Jaco, name Jacques, name Jamie, name Jákob, name Santjago, name Yaacov, name Iakow, name Séamus, name Iacob, name Seamus, name Якаў, name Яков, name Jacco, name Thiago, name Jaume, name Giacomo, name Jockel, name Yakov, name Jacopo, name Jakiv, name Jakob, name James, name Jakubs, name Jokūbas, name Jacó, name Diego, name Ya'Aqov, name Iacopo, name Jacb, name Jakez, name Jaime, name Džeimss

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Яков	Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus
יעקב	Israel
Yakov	Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, United States, Israel, Russia
Якаў	Belarus

First names said to be same

Diego, Džeimss, Giacomo, Iacob, Iacobus, Iacopo, Iakov, Iakow, Jaakko, Jacb, Jacco, Jaco, Jacob, Jacobo, Jacobus, Jacopo, Jacques, Jacó, Jaime, Jakab, Jakau, Jakez, Jakiv, Jakiw, Jakob, Jakov, Jakow, Jakub, Jakubs, Jakób, Jakúb, James, Jamie, Jaume, Jim, Jiminy, Jockel, Jokūbas, Jákob, Jämes, Santiago, Santjago, Seamus, Séamus, Thiago, Ya'Acov, Ya'Aqov, Yaacov, Yaakov, Yaaqov,

First name Yakov in the context

Yakov 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

	yakov shakhovskoy Russian noble (b. 1705)
	yakov golitsyn (born 1659) (b. 1659)
	yakov lobanov-rostovsky politician (1660-1732) (b. 1660)
	yakov alekseyevich golitsyn (b. 1697)
	yakov sibirsky (b. 1709)
	yakov dmitrievich lanskoy (b. 1760)
	yakov ivanovich dedyulin russian general (1772-1832) (b. 1772)
	yakov vasilievich petrulin russian colonel (b. 1782)
	yakov cheremisinov Russian military officer (b. 1783)
	yakov tatishchev (b. 1729)
	yakov fyodorovich skaryatin (b. 1780)
	yakov zemelgak Russian sculptor (1751-1812) (b. 1751)
	yakov yanenko (b. 1800)
	yakov sheremetev (1761-1823) (b. 1761)
	yakov khanykov (b. 1759)