Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Akiva

AKIVA

GENDER: Masculine

USAGE: Hebrew

OTHER SCRIPTS: עֲקִיבָא (Hebrew)

PRONOUNCED: ah-KEE-vah [key]

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OTHER LANGUAGES: Yakub, Yaqub (Arabic), Hagop, Hakob (Armenian), Jakes (Basque), Jacob, James (Biblical), Iakobos (Biblical Greek), Yaakov (Biblical Hebrew), Iacobus (Biblical Latin), Yakov (Bulgarian), Jaume, Jaumet (Catalan), Jago (Cornish), Jakob, Jakov, Jakša (Croatian), Jakub (Czech), Ib, Jacob, Jakob, Jeppe (Danish), Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Jacob, Jacobus, Jakob, Kobus, Koos, Sjaak, Sjakie (Dutch), Coby, Jacob, Jae, Jake, James, Jamey, Jay, Jaycob, Jaymes, Jeb, Jem, Jemmy, Jim, Jimi, Jimmie, Jimmy, Koby (English), Jaagup, Jaak, Jaakob, Jakob (Estonian), Jaakko, Jaakoppi, Jaska (Finnish), Jacques (French), Iago (Galician), Jakob (German), Iakopa, Kimo (Hawaiian), Jakab, Jákob (Hungarian), Séamas, Séamus, Shamus, Sheamus (Irish), Giacobbe, Giacomo, Iacopo, Jacopo, Lapo (Italian), Iacomus, Jacobus (Late Roman), Jokūbas (Lithuanian), Jakov (Macedonian), Hemi (Maori), Jacob, Jakob (Norwegian), Jakub, Kuba (Polish), Iago, Jacó, Jaime (Portuguese), Yakov, Yasha (Russian), Seumas (Scottish), Jakub (Slovak), Jaka, Jakob, Jaša (Slovene), Jacobo, Jaime, Yago (Spanish), Jacob, Jakob (Swedish), Yakup (Turkish), Yakiv (Ukrainian), Iago (Welsh)

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