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

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