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I feel like Jakub is the Noah or William of West Slavic countries. Very common among young men, but charming and cool to my taste.
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Kuba Wojewódzki, actually Jakub Władysław Wojewódzki (b. August 2nd 1963, Koszalin) is a Polish journalist, host of the „Kuba Wojewódzki” talk show.
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Simple. I dislike this name. It is a name for simps.
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With 305 585 bearers, Jakub is the 30th most common masculine given name in Poland (2014 Data). About 100% of bearers of this name are Male in Poland (2014 Data). With 112 095 bearers, Jakub is the 22nd most common given name in the Czech Republic (2014 Data). About 78% of bearers of this name are Male in the Czech Republic (2014 Data).
Source: https://forebears.io/forenames/jakub
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Source: https://forebears.io/forenames/jakub
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Also Belarusian alongside, Yakub, Jakau, and Yakaw.
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Allegedly also Silesian: https://hsb.wiktionary.org/wiki/P%C5%99idawk:Lis%C4%87ina_zapados%C5%82owjanskich_p%C5%99edmjenow
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Also Sorbian: https://hsb.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jakub.
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I had a Polish friend that called me Jakub. It's one of the many cognates of my name and I find it cool!
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A famous bearer is football/tennis player Jakub Mrákava.
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A famous bearer is American actress Lisa Jakub.
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One of our exchange kids is from Poland and his name is Jakub. Of course he gets called Jacob, but I personally prefer Jakub. His nickname is Kuba.
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Pronounced as "Yah:koob".
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Jakub is also a Slovak variant.
Nicknames: Jakoubek, Jashek, Jakes, Kuba, Kouba, Kubes.
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Nicknames: Jakoubek, Jashek, Jakes, Kuba, Kouba, Kubes.
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Jakub is closely connected not only to Jacob, but also to James. The Czech translations of Bible use Jakub for James and Jakob (with accent above 'a') for Jacob.
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Jacob and James are variations of the same name in fact. Jakub, of course, is a form of Jacob.
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Jakub Miroslaw is a Polish Paralympic athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.