Jakob

Gender Masculine
Usage German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Slovene
Pronounced Pron. YA-kawp(German, Icelandic, Dutch) YAH-kawp(Swedish, Norwegian) YAH-kob(Danish)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

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

Related Names

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) Yaakov(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
User SubmissionJakób

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   formal   natural   wholesome   strong   strange   serious   nerdy  

Name Days

Austria: May 3
Austria: October 11
Austria: November 28
Estonia: July 25
Germany: July 15
Norway: July 25
Sweden: July 25

Categories

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Entry updated November 20, 2020