Meaning & History
From an Aramaic form of Yaakov. Akiva (or Akiba) ben Joseph was a prominent 1st-century rabbi.
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesYacoub, Yakub, Yaqoob, Yaqub (Arabic) Hagop, Hakob, Yakob (Armenian) Yaqub (Azerbaijani) Jakes (Basque) Yakau (Belarusian) Jacob, James (Biblical) Iakob, Iakobos (Biblical Greek) Ya'aqov (Biblical Hebrew) Iacob, Iacobus (Biblical Latin) Yakov (Bulgarian) Jaume, Jaumet (Catalan) Jago (Cornish) Jakov, Jakša (Croatian) Jakub, Jákob (Czech) Jacob, Jakob, Ib, Jeppe (Danish) Jacob, Jacobus, Jakob, James, Sjaak, Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Kobus, Koos, Sjakie (Dutch) Jacob, James, Seamus, Coby, Jae, Jai, Jake, Jay, Jaycob, Jaye, Jaymes, Jeb, Jem, Jemmy, Jim, Koby (English) Jaagup, Jaak, Jaakob (Estonian) Jákup (Faroese) Semisi (Fijian) Jaakko, Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jaska (Finnish) Jaak, Kobe (Flemish) Jacques, Jacky, Jacquy (French) Japik (Frisian) Iago, Xacobe, Xaime (Galician) Iakob, Koba (Georgian) Jakob, Jockel (German) Iakovos (Greek) Yaƙubu (Hausa) Iakopa, Kimo (Hawaiian) Jakab, Jákob (Hungarian) Jakob (Icelandic) Séamus, Seamus, 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 (Māori) Jacob, Jakob (Norwegian) Jakub, Kuba (Polish) Iago, Jaime, Jacó (Portuguese) Yaqub (Quranic) Iacob (Romanian) Yakov, Yasha (Russian) Hamish (Scottish) Seumas (Scottish Gaelic) Jakov, Jakša (Serbian) Jakub (Slovak) Jakob, Žak, Jaka, Jaša (Slovene) Jacobo, Jaime, Yago (Spanish) Jacob, Jakob (Swedish) Semisi (Tongan) Yakup (Turkish) Yakiv (Ukrainian) Yaqoob (Urdu) Iago (Welsh) Yacouba (Western African) Kapel, Koppel, Yankel (Yiddish)
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Entry updated May 26, 2026