Forename Яаков

All over the world, Яаков (Yaakov , Yaacov , Яаков , among others...) is quite a rare masculine first name. The given name Яаков is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Lithuania, where it is a rare masculine name, and Slovakia. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the United States, Israel, and France. Likewise, Яаков is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Яаков

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

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Yaakov	Israel, Panama, United States, France, Romania
Yaacov	Israel, Panama, United States, France, Canada
Яаков	Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan
Jaakov	United States, Mexico, Brazil, Canada
Ya'Akov	United States, Israel, Peru, United Kingdom

First names said to be same

Diego, Dori, Džeimss, Giacomo, Iaakov, 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, Yaakow,

First name Яаков in the context

Яаков is also a 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; Yasha , the character in the play "The Cherry Orchard" and Генерал Яков Михайлович Аносов , character in The Bracelet of Garnets, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	ицхаки, яаков founder of Be'er Ya'akov, Israel, RU (b. 1846)
	сигал, яаков ицхак Canadian Yiddish poet and journalist, UA (b. 1896)
	лацкий-бертольди, яаков зеев вольф politician, UA (b. 1881)
	яаков элиав UA (b. 1917)
	яаков шнеерзон son of the Tzemach Tzedek, RU

Characteristic surnames

Черняк, Слуцький, and Гольдін