Forename Yakup

Worldwide, Yakup (يعقوب , Yakup , Якуп ) is a widespread male forename. The first name Yakup is characteristic of Turkey, where it is a common boy's name, Sudan, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Oman (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Turkey, Sudan, and Iraq. Very seldom, Yakup is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Yakup

name Iacobus, name Jakow, name Jim, name Джим, name Jacobo, name Jakób, name Jämes, name Йакуп, name Jaakko, name Jacobus, name Yaqoob, name Джеймс, name Santiago, name Якуп, name Jacob, name Jakub, name Джекобс, name Jakov, name Jiminy, name Jakúb, name Jaco, name Jacques, name Jákob, name Santjago, name Séamus, name Seamus, name Джакомо, name Yakub, name Jacco, name Thiago, name Τζιμ, name Джейкоб, name Jaume, name Giacomo, name Джым, name Yakup, name Yakov, name Jacopo, name Yaqub, name Jakob, name James, name Jakubs, name Jokūbas, name Yacob, name Jacó, name Ζακ, name Diego, name Iacopo, name Jacb, name Ιάκωβος, name يعقوب, name Jakez, name Džeimss, name Yaqoub

VARIANT	COUNTRY
يعقوب	Egypt, Iraq, Sudan, Iran, Jordan
Yakup	Turkey, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Germany
Якуп	Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Russia
Йакуп	Ukraine, Russia

First names said to be same

Diego, Džeimss, Giacomo, Iacobus, Iacopo, Jaakko, Jacb, Jacco, Jaco, Jacob, Jacobo, Jacobus, Jacopo, Jacques, Jacó, Jakez, Jakob, Jakov, Jakow, Jakub, Jakubs, Jakób, Jakúb, James, Jaume, Jim, Jiminy, Jokūbas, Jákob, Jämes, Santiago, Santjago, Seamus, Séamus, Thiago, Yacob, Yakov, Yakub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yaqub, Ζακ, Ιάκωβος, Τζιμ, Джакомо, Джейкоб, Джеймс, Джекобс, Джим, Джым,

Notable namesakes

	yakup çelebi 14th-century Ottoman prince, TR (b. 1359)
	yakup yahya ottoman–Jewish figure (b. 1475)
	yakup şevki subaşı General of the Turkish Army, TR (b. 1876)
	yakup kadri karaosmanoğlu Turkish writer (1889-1974), TR (b. 1889)
	yakup kalgay politician, RU (b. 1887)
	yakup gürsel Turkish politician, TR (b. 1905)
	yakup çağlayan Turkish politician, TR (b. 1922)
	yakup yücel TR (b. 1922)
	yakup kepenek Turkish politician, TR (b. 1937)
	yakup tahincioğlu TR (b. 1933)
	yakup barokas Turkish journalist, TR (b. 1946)
	yakup yavru Turkish actor, TR (b. 1952)
	yakup topuz Turkish wrestler, TR (b. 1954)
	yakup budak Turkish politician, TR (b. 1956)
	yakup akkaya Turkish politician, TR (b. 1957)

Characteristic surnames

Can, Demi R, Doğan, Güler, Yilmaz, Yildiz, Özkan, Özcan, Çelik, Şahin, Bozkurt, Korkmaz, Güneş, Yıldız, Yılmaz, Çeli K, Çeti N, Şahi N, Erdoğan, Yildirim, Özdemi R, Özdemir, Kiliç, Öztürk, Kaplan, Bayram, Acar, Kara, Kaya, Koç, Kurt, Gül, Uzun, Şen, Aslan, Aydin, Bulut, Köse, Polat, Demir, Turan, Yavuz, Özer, Ünal, Arslan, Aktaş, Aydın, Karaca, and Yıldırım