Jákup is a
Faroese masculine
given name
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, a cognate of the names
Jacob
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J ...
and
James
James is a common English language surname and given name:
*James (name), the typically masculine first name James
* James (surname), various people with the last name James
James or James City may also refer to:
People
* King James (disambiguat ...
. People with the name Jákup include:
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Jákup á Borg (born 1979), Faroese footballer
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Jákup Dahl (1878-1944), Faroese Provost and Bible translator
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Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen
Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen (born 24 April 1932 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands) is the leading architect of the Faroe Islands. He is also a graphic artist and author of publications about the Faroese church.
Life
Jákup Pauli was born in 1932 to the ...
(born 1932), Faroese architect
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Jákup Jakobsen, (1864-1918), Faroese linguist and literary scholar
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Jákup Jógvansson (16??-16??), Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1677 to 1679
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Jákup Mikkelsen
Jákup Nolsøe Mikkelsen (born 14 August 1970) is a Faroese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 522 league appearances in representing six clubs in a career spanning 25 years, also representing his country at international lev ...
(born 1970), Faroese footballer
Faroese masculine given names
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