Jakov
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/jakoʋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jakov is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Qatar it is the 6th most common given name.
- HRCroatia1 in 568(measured from records)
- ILIsrael≈1 in 156as יעקב
- QAQatar≈1 in 221as יעקב
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Jakov itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #901 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 227 (measured from records)
- 1 in 568 (inferred from the name graph)
805,730 named Jacob, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Croatia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled יעקב in IL Israel, MA Morocco, QA Qatar and 1 more, Yakov in US United States and Яков in RU Russia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jakov counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 805,730as Jacob | 1 in 413 | 805K | Yakov | 227 |
| IL Israel | #7 | ≈56,000 est. | ≈1 in 156 | 10K | יעקב | 104 |
| RU Russia | #149 | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | #61 | Яков | 179 |
| RO Romania | #51 | ≈40,000 est. | ≈1 in 531 | — | יעקב | 7 |
| MA Morocco | #66 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | יעקב | 5 |
| DK Denmark | — | 20,316as Jacob | 1 in 289 | 20K | — | 4 |
| QA Qatar | #6 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 221 | — | יעקב | 1 |
| HR Croatia | #108 | 7,437 | 1 in 568 | 12K | Jakov | 105 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 6,201as Jakob | 1 in 339 | 6.3K | Jakov | 6 |
805,730 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling jacob. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); the russian-names-pereverzeva-2011 register; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jakov is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, männl. Vom., russische Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In English, A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Јаков (Jakov), equivalent to Jacob
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Yakov Protazanovb. 1881RUnot in their usual nameRussian film director and screenwriter (1881–1945)
- Yakov Perelmanb. 1882PLnot in their usual nameRussian science writer (1882–1942)
- Yakov Sverdlovb. 1885RUnot in their usual nameSoviet politician
- Jascha Horensteinb. 1898ATnot in their usual nameAmerican conductor
- Yakov Dzhugashvilib. 1907GEnot in their usual namefirst child of Josef Stalin (1907–1943)
- Yakov Flierb. 1912RUnot in their usual nameRussian musician (1912–1977)
- Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovichb. 1914RUnot in their usual nameSoviet physicist, physical chemist and cosmologist (1914-1987)
- Yakov G. Sinaib. 1935RUnot in their usual nameRussian-American mathematician
- Yakov Eliashbergb. 1946RUnot in their usual nameRussian-American mathematician
- Jakov Milatovićb. 1986MEPresident of Montenegro since 2023
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 52 sources across 30 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 12K | — |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 7.4K | #145 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 179 | #1,077 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2025 | 162 | #570 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 157 | #43,791 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2024 | 147 | #598 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2023 | 135 | #611 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2022 | 119 | #649 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2021 | 109 | #673 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2020 | 107 | #664 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2019 | 99 | #663 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 31 | #3,274 |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Jakov have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 806 thousand people named Jacob, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Jakov most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jakov is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 568 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- What does the name Jakov mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Jakov a male or female name?
- Jakov is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Jakov?
- In Croatia, the national register counted 7,437 people named Jakov in 2021, about 1 in 568 residents.
- How common is Jakov compared with other names?
- In Qatar, Jakov is the 6th most common given name of 12,797 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Jakov?
- A machine transcription gives /jakoʋ/ (IPA) for Croatian.
- What are other forms of the name Jakov?
- In the etymology graph, James, Jaime and Jamie are forms of the same name in other languages; Jakša is a recorded short or pet form.
What do you want to know about Jakov?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jakovThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jakov” — the 6th most common given name in Qatar. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.