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I think it is a Polish-Yiddish name
Maybe a form of Jakob/Jakov. As in Jakov Sverdlov (Jankel-Aaron Movsjevitj Solomon), a historical (not so nice) person in Russia."You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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