Meaning & History
Variant of James.
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 (Croatian) Jakub (Czech) Jacob, Jakob, Ib, Jeppe (Danish) Jacob, Jacobus, Jakob, James, Sjaak, Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Kobus, Koos, Sjakie (Dutch) Jaagup, Jaak, Jaakob (Estonian) Jákup (Faroese) Semisi (Fijian) Jaakko, Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jaska, Jimi (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 (Hungarian) Jakob (Icelandic) Séamus, Seamus, Shamus, Sheamus, Séamas (Irish) Giacomo, 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 (Portuguese) Yaqub (Quranic) Iacob (Romanian) Yakov (Russian) Hamish, Jamie (Scottish) Seumas (Scottish Gaelic) Jakov (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 urban strange simple
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Entry updated July 28, 2009