Meaning & History
Diminutive or feminine form of James.
Related Names
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) Zhaklina(Bulgarian) Jaume, Jaumet(Catalan) Jago(Cornish) Jakov, Žaklina(Croatian) Jakub(Czech) Jacob, Jakob, Ib, Jeppe(Danish) Jacob, Jacoba, Jacobus, Jacomina, Jakob, Sjaak, Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Jacobina, Jacobine, Kobus, Koos, Mina(Dutch) Jaagup, Jaak, Jaakob(Estonian) Jákup(Faroese) Jaakko, Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jimi(Finnish) Jacqueline, Jacques, Jacky(French) Iago, Xacobe, Xaime(Galician) Iakob(Georgian) Jakob, Jockel(German) Iakovos(Greek) Yaƙubu(Hausa) Iakopa, Kimo(Hawaiian) Yaakov, Yakov(Hebrew) Jakab(Hungarian) Jakob(Icelandic) Séamus, Shamus, Sheamus, Séamas(Irish) Giacoma, Giacomina, Giacomo, Iacopo, Jacopo, Lapo(Italian) Jacob(Jewish) Iacomus, Jacobus(Late Roman) Jēkabs(Latvian) Jokūbas(Lithuanian) Jakov, Žaklina, Zhaklina(Macedonian) Hemi(Maori) Jacob, Jacobine, Jakob(Norwegian) Jakub, Kuba(Polish) Iago, Jaime(Portuguese) Jaqueline(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Iacob(Romanian) Yakov(Russian) Hamish, Jamesina, Jamie(Scottish) Seumas(Scottish Gaelic) Jakov, Žaklina(Serbian) Jakub(Slovak) Jakob, Jaka, Jaša(Slovene) Jacobo, Jaime, Yago(Spanish) Jacob, Jakob(Swedish) Yakup(Turkish) Yakiv(Ukrainian) Iago(Welsh) Yacouba(Western African)
Popularity
People think this name is
youthful informal common rough simple comedic unintellectual
Entry updated November 20, 2020