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JAKOB
GENDER: Masculine
PRONOUNCED: YAH-kawp (German)   [key]
Meaning & History
Cognate of JACOB (or JAMES).
Related Names
VARIANTS: Jacob (Swedish), Jacob (Norwegian), Jacob (Danish), Jacob, Jacobus (Dutch), Jaša (Slovene), Jaagup, Jaakob (Estonian), Jakov (Croatian)
DIMINUTIVES: Ib, Jeppe (Danish), Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Kobus, Koos, Sjaak, Sjakie (Dutch), Jaka (Slovene), Jaak (Estonian), Jakša (Croatian)
FEMININE FORMS: Jacobine (Norwegian), Jacobine (Danish), Jacoba, Jacobina, Jacobine (Dutch)
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), Jakub (Czech), Jacob, James, Coby, Jae, Jake, Jamey, Jay, Jaycob, Jaymes, Jeb, Jem, Jemmy, Jim, Jimi, Jimmie, Jimmy, Koby (English), Jaakoppi, Jaakko, Jaska (Finnish), Jacques (French), Iago (Galician), Iakopa, Kimo (Hawaiian), Yaakov, Yakov, Akiba, Akiva (Hebrew), Jakab, Jákob (Hungarian), Séamus, Shamus, Sheamus, Séamas (Irish), Giacobbe, Giacomo, Jacopo, Iacopo, Lapo (Italian), Iacomus, Jacobus (Late Roman), Jokūbas (Lithuanian), Jakov (Macedonian), Hemi (Maori), Jakub, Kuba (Polish), Jaime, Iago, Jacó (Portuguese), Yakov, Yasha (Russian), Seumas (Scottish), Jakub (Slovak), Jacobo, Jaime, Yago (Spanish), Yakup (Turkish), Yakiv (Ukrainian), Iago (Welsh), Kapel, Koppel, Yankel (Yiddish)
Popularity
United States  ranked #335 
Canada (BC)  - 
Austria  ranked #8 
Netherlands  ranked #494 
Norway  ranked #21 
Slovenia  ranked #6 
Sweden  - 
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