Jakub

Locally spelled Якуб 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.

• Polish:/ˈja.kup/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• Czech:/ˈjakup/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• Slovak:/ˈjakup/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Jakub is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Polish58%

  a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English James or Jacob

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Czech21%

  a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English James or Jacob

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English6.8%

  Czech/Polish: "the supplanter"; one who takes the place of another; biblical name

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• Slovak5.6%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Jakub in Slovak.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Jakub, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Filip
• Kacper
• Aleksander
• Konrad
• Poland

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Jakub is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Greece, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: French, Greek, Spanish

  Also written Iakovos, Ιακωβος, Ιάκωβος, Iakobos, Iakōvos

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Jákub, Jakūb

• Hindi given name48 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Nigeria, United States, Indonesia

  Languages: Hindi, English, Indonesian

  Also written Yakub, Iyakub, ইয়াকুব, Yaqub, Ya'Kub

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Jakub is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• from the personal name Jakub, from Hebrew Jahaqobh (see Jacob).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In German, männl. Vom., tschechische, slowaki­ sche und polnische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Polish and Czech form of JACOB . Pet forms: Polish: Kuba. Czech: Jakoubek; Kuba, Kubi ek, Kube .

  as a word

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.

• Al-Kindib. 801IQnot in their usual nameMuslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and physician (c.801–873)
• Jakub Blaszczykowskib. 1985PLPolish association football player
• Jakub Kiwiorb. 2000PLPolish footballer (born 2000)

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).

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.

76 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 37 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Where does the name Jakub come from?

Czech/Polish: "the supplanter"; one who takes the place of another; biblical name Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….

Is Jakub a male or female name?

Jakub is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Poland (dane.gov.pl, 2026), Norway (SSB), United States (Census Bureau, 2020) and Finland (DVV), among others.

Which countries have the most people named Jakub?

In Poland, the national register counted about 434 thousand people named Jakub, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jakub. After it come Czechia, Slovakia, Russia and United States; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Jakub most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jakub is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 50 people — even though Poland holds more of our records for it.

What are other forms of the name Jakub?

In the etymology graph, James, Jaime and Jamie are forms of the same name in other languages; Kuba is a recorded short or pet form.

What does the name Jakub mean?

In Polish, a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English James or Jacob

How do you pronounce Jakub?

It depends on the language: in Polish /ˈja.kup/ (Wiktionary); in Czech /ˈjakup/ (Wiktionary); in Slovak /ˈjakup/ (Wiktionary).

How common is the name Jakub?

In Poland, the national register counted 433,698 people named Jakub in 2026, about 1 in 88 residents.

How common is Jakub compared with other names?

In Poland, Jakub is the 42nd most common given name of 25,969 given names recorded there.