Meaning & History
Masculine or feminine diminutive of Jacob.
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) Zhaklina, Yakov (Bulgarian) Jaume (Catalan) Jago (Cornish) Jakov, Žaklina, Jakša (Croatian) Jakub, Jákob (Czech) Jacob, Jakob, Ib, Iben, Jeppe (Danish) Jacob, Jacoba, Jacobus, Jacomina, Jakob, James, Sjaak, Coba, Jaap, Jacobina, Jacobine (Dutch) Jaagup, Jaak, Jaakob (Estonian) Jákup (Faroese) Semisi (Fijian) Jaakko, Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jaska (Finnish) Jaak, Kobe (Flemish) Jacqueline, Jacques (French) Japik (Frisian) Iago, Xacobe, Xaime (Galician) Iakob, Koba (Georgian) Jakob, Jockel (German) Iakovos (Greek) Yaƙubu (Hausa) Iakopa, Kimo (Hawaiian) Yaakov, Yakov, Akiba, Akiva (Hebrew) Jakab, Jákob (Hungarian) Jakob (Icelandic) Séamus, Seamus, Shamus, Sheamus (Irish) Giacoma, Giacomina, Giacomo, Giacobbe (Italian) Jacob (Jewish) Iacomus, Jacobus (Late Roman) Jēkabs (Latvian) Jokūbas (Lithuanian) Jakov, Žaklina, Zhaklina (Macedonian) Hemi (Māori) Jacob, Jacobine, Jakob, Iben (Norwegian) Jakub, Kuba (Polish) Iago, Jaime, Jacó (Portuguese) Jaqueline (Portuguese (Brazilian)) Yaqub (Quranic) Iacob (Romanian) Yakov, Yasha (Russian) Hamish, Jamesina (Scottish) Seumas (Scottish Gaelic) Jakov, Žaklina, 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)
Popularity
People think this name is
modern youthful informal common rough strange simple comedic
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Entry updated July 28, 2009