Meaning & History
Yiddish 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) 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 April 16, 2019