the etymology and history of first names

View Name: Yakov

YAKOV

GENDER: Masculine

USAGE: Hebrew, Russian, Bulgarian

OTHER SCRIPTS: יַעֲקֹב (Hebrew), Яков (Russian, Bulgarian)

PRONOUNCED: YAH-kahf (Russian) [key]

Meaning & History

Russian and Bulgarian form of JACOB (or JAMES), and a Hebrew variant transcription of YAAKOV.

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VARIANTS: Yaakov, Akiba, Akiva (Hebrew)

DIMINUTIVES: Kapel, Koppel, Yankel (Yiddish), Yasha (Russian)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Yakub, Yaqub (Arabic), Hagop, Hakob (Armenian), Jakes (Basque), Jacob, James (Biblical), Iakobos (Biblical Greek), Yaakov (Biblical Hebrew), Iacobus (Biblical Latin), Jaume, Jaumet (Catalan), Jago (Cornish), Jakov, Jakob, Jakša (Croatian), Jakub (Czech), Ib, Jeppe (Danish), Jacob, Jacobus, Jakob, Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Kobus, Koos, Sjaak, Sjakie (Dutch), Jacob, James, Coby, Jae, Jake, Jamey, Jay, Jaycob, Jaymes, Jeb, Jem, Jemmy, Jim, Jimi, Jimmie, Jimmy, Koby (English), Jaagup, Jaakob, Jakob, Jaak (Estonian), Jaakoppi, Jaakko, Jaska (Finnish), Jacques (French), Iago (Galician), Jakob (German), Iakopa, Kimo (Hawaiian), 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), Jacob, Jakob (Scandinavian), Seumas (Scottish), Jakub (Slovak), Jakob, Jaka, Jaša (Slovene), Jacobo, Jaime, Yago (Spanish), Yakup (Turkish), Yakiv (Ukrainian), Iago (Welsh)

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