Meaning & History
Yiddish diminutive of Yaakov.
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 (Catalan) Jago (Cornish) Jakov (Croatian) Jakub, Jákob (Czech) Jacob, Jakob (Danish) Jacob, Jacobus, Jakob, James, Sjaak (Dutch) Jacob, James, Seamus (English) Jaakob (Estonian) Jákup (Faroese) Semisi (Fijian) Jaakob, Jaakoppi (Finnish) Jacques (French) Iago, Xacobe, Xaime (Galician) Iakob, Koba (Georgian) Jakob (German) Iakovos (Greek) Yaƙubu (Hausa) Iakopa, Kimo (Hawaiian) Yaakov, Yakov, Akiba, Akiva (Hebrew) Jakab, Jákob (Hungarian) Jakob (Icelandic) Séamus, Seamus, Shamus, Sheamus (Irish) Giacomo, Giacobbe, Iacopo, Jacopo (Italian) Iacomus, Jacobus (Late Roman) Jēkabs (Latvian) Jokūbas (Lithuanian) Jakov (Macedonian) Hemi (Māori) Jacob, Jakob (Norwegian) Jakub (Polish) Iago, Jaime, Jacó (Portuguese) Yaqub (Quranic) Iacob (Romanian) Yakov (Russian) Hamish (Scottish) Seumas (Scottish Gaelic) Jakov (Serbian) Jakub (Slovak) Jakob, Žak (Slovene) Jacobo, Jaime, Yago (Spanish) Jacob, Jakob (Swedish) Semisi (Tongan) Yakup (Turkish) Yakiv (Ukrainian) Yaqoob (Urdu) Iago (Welsh) Yacouba (Western African)
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Entry updated December 7, 2022