Gender Masculine
Usage Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Meaning & History
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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) Jakub, Jákob (Czech) Jacob, Jakob, Ib, Jeppe (Danish) Jacob, Jacobus, Jakob, James, Sjaak, Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Kobus, Koos, Sjakie (Dutch) Jacob, James, Seamus, Coby, Jake, Jay, Jaycob, 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) Yaakov, Yakov, Akiba, Akiva (Hebrew) 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) Hemi (Māori) Jacob, Jakob (Norwegian) Jakub, Kuba (Polish) Iago, Jaime, Jacó (Portuguese) Yaqub (Quranic) Iacob (Romanian) Yakov, Yasha (Russian) Hamish (Scottish) Seumas (Scottish Gaelic) 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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classic formal upper class strong rough strange serious
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Entry updated December 23, 2025