Meaning & History
Italian form of Iacobus (see James).
Related Names
DiminutiveLapo
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 (Croatian) Jákob, Jakub (Czech) Jacob, Jakob, Ib, Jeppe (Danish) Jacob, Jakob, Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Jacobus, James, Kobus, Koos, Sjaak, Sjakie (Dutch) Jacob, Jae, Jai, James, Jay, Jaye, Jaymes, Jem, Jemmy, Jim, Jimi, Jimmie, Jimmy, Seamus (English) Jaagup, Jaak, Jaakob (Estonian) Jákup (Faroese) Semisi (Fijian) Jaakko, Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jaska, Jimi (Finnish) Jaak, Kobe (Flemish) Jacky, Jacques, Jacquy (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) Séamas, Séamus, Seamus, Shamus, Sheamus (Irish) Jacob (Jewish) Iacomus, Jacobus (Late Roman) Jēkabs (Latvian) Jaques (Literature) Jokūbas (Lithuanian) Jakov (Macedonian) Hemi (Māori) Jacob, Jakob (Norwegian) Jakub, Kuba (Polish) Iago, Jacó, Jaime (Portuguese) Yaqub (Quranic) Iacob (Romanian) Yakov, Yasha (Russian) Hamish, Jamie (Scottish) Seumas (Scottish Gaelic) Jakov, Jakša (Serbian) Jakub (Slovak) Jakob, Jaka, Jaša, Žak (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 29, 2020