Meaning, origin and history of the name Jakob

Gender Masculine

Pronounced Pron. /ˈjaː.kɔp/(German, Dutch) /ˈjɑː.kɔp/(Swedish, Norwegian) YAH-kob(Danish) /ˈjaː.kʰɔːp/(Icelandic) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Form of Jacob (or James) used in several languages.

VariantsJacob(Swedish) Jacob(Norwegian) Jacob(Danish) Jacob, Jacobus, Sjaak(Dutch)

DiminutivesJockel(German) Ib, Jeppe(Danish) Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Kobus, Koos(Dutch) Jaka, Jaša(Slovene)

Feminine FormsJacobine(Norwegian) Iben(Danish) Jacoba(Dutch)

Other Languages & CulturesYacoub, Yakub, Yaqoob, Yaqub(Arabic) Hagop, Hakob(Armenian) Jakes(Basque) Yakau(Belarusian) Jacob, James(Biblical) Iakob, Iakobos(Biblical Greek) Ya'aqov(Biblical Hebrew) Iacob, Iacobus(Biblical Latin) Yakov(Bulgarian) Jaume, Jaumet(Catalan) Jago(Cornish) Jakov, Jakša(Croatian) Jakub, Jákob(Czech) Jacob, James, Coby, Jae, Jai, Jake, Jay, Jaycob, Jaye, Jaymes, Jeb, Jem, Jemmy, Jim, Jimi, Jimmie, Jimmy, Koby(English) Jaagup, Jaak, Jaakob(Estonian) Jákup(Faroese) Jaakko, Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jaska, Jimi(Finnish) Jaak, Kobe(Flemish) Jacques, Jacky(French) Japik(Frisian) Iago, Xacobe, Xaime(Galician) Iakob, Koba(Georgian) Iakovos(Greek) Yaƙubu(Hausa) Iakopa, Kimo(Hawaiian) Yaakov, Yakov, Akiba, Akiva(Hebrew) Jakab, Jákob(Hungarian) Séamus, Shamus, Sheamus, Séamas(Irish) Giacomo, Giacobbe, Iacopo, Jacopo, Lapo(Italian) Jacob(Jewish) Iacomus, Jacobus(Late Roman) Jēkabs(Latvian) Jaques(Literature) Jokūbas(Lithuanian) Jakov(Macedonian) Hemi(Maori) Jakub, Kuba(Polish) Iago, Jaime, Jacó(Portuguese) Iacob(Romanian) Yakov, Yasha(Russian) Hamish, Jamie(Scottish) Seumas(Scottish Gaelic) Jakov, Jakša(Serbian) Jakub(Slovak) Jacobo, Jaime, Yago(Spanish) Yakup(Turkish) Yakiv(Ukrainian) Iago(Welsh) Yacouba(Western African) Kapel, Koppel, Yankel(Yiddish)

Surname DescendantsJakobsen(Danish) Jakobsson(Icelandic) Jakobsen(Norwegian) Jakobsson(Swedish)

Same SpellingJákob

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