Forename Yakub

Throughout the world, Yakub (Yakub , Якуб , ইয়াকুব ) is a widespread principally male, but very infrequently feminine given name. The given name Yakub is habitual in Nigeria, where it is quite a common mostly masculine, but infrequently female name, Qatar, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but very seldom female name, and Oman. In absolute terms, the name is most common in India, Nigeria, and Indonesia. Also, Yakub is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Yakub

name Yakup, name Jakúb, name Jokūbas, name Jaakko, name Jakób, name Jacó, name Jämes, name Merdaa, name Giacomo, name Séamus, name Jakow, name Jakub, name Iacopo, name Yakov, name Jacopo, name Jacob, name Santjago, name Yakiv, name ইয়াকুব, name Jacques, name Yakoub, name Jacobus, name James, name Yaqoob, name Džeimss, name Santiago, name Jakubs, name Jacb, name Jákob, name Diego, name Yaacov, name Jakez, name Jaume, name Yacoub, name Jakob, name Jaco, name Fritaa, name Thiago, name Iacobus, name Yaakov, name Ya'Aqov, name Jim, name Yacob, name Jakov, name Yakub, name Seamus, name Jakab, name Ya'Acov, name Якуб, name Jacco, name Yaaqov, name Jacobo, name Jiminy

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Yakub	Malaysia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Indonesia, India
Якуб	Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Russia
ইয়াকুব	Bangladesh

First names said to be same

Diego, Džeimss, Fritaa, Giacomo, Iacobus, Iacopo, Jaakko, Jacb, Jacco, Jaco, Jacob, Jacobo, Jacobus, Jacopo, Jacques, Jacó, Jakab, Jakez, Jakob, Jakov, Jakow, Jakub, Jakubs, Jakób, Jakúb, James, Jaume, Jim, Jiminy, Jokūbas, Jákob, Jämes, Merdaa, Santiago, Santjago, Seamus, Séamus, Thiago, Ya'Acov, Ya'Aqov, Yaacov, Yaakov, Yaaqov, Yacob, Yacoub, Yakiv, Yakoub, Yakov, Yakup, Yaqoob,

First name Yakub in the context

Yakub is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jacob , the in Genesis, a son of Isaac, also known as Israel; the patriarch of the Israelites, The Qur’an; Thing , the fictional character in Marvel Comics; Jacob Frye , the fictional character in the Assassin's Creed series, Assassin's Creed Syndicate; Jacob Black , the character from Twilight and Jacob Kowalski , the No-Maj in the Harry Potter universe, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	septar mehmet yakub Crimean Tatar, Romanian Mufti, RO (b. 1904)
	ali yakub Indonesian political candidate, ID