Modern usage
From 1999 through 2012, Jacob was the most popular baby name for boys in the United States.Variants
*Afrikaans – Jakob, Jakobus, Jacobus *Albanian language, Albanian – Jakob, Jakov, Jakub, Jakup, Gjokë, Gjoka, Zhak *Arabic – Yaʿqūb, Yakub (يعقوب); see also Jacob in Islam *Aragonese language, Aragonese – Chacobo, Chaime *Armenian language, Armenian – Յակոբ (classical Armenian and Western Armenian), Հակոբ (Eastern Armenian) (Hakob, Hagop) *Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani – Yaqub, Yaqubun, Ceykob *Basque language, Basque – Jakobi, Jagoba *Belarusian Language, Belarusian – Якуб, Якаў (Jakub, Jakaŭ) *Bengali language, Bengali – জ্যাকব (Jyākob), ইয়াকুব (Iyakub) *Bosnian language, Bosnian – Jakub (Jakup) *Breton language, Breton – Jakob, Jakez *Bulgarian language, Bulgarian – Яков (Yakov) *Catalan language, Catalan – Jaume, Dídac *Cebuano language, Cebuano – Hakob *Chichewa language, Chichewa – Yakobo *Chinese language, Chinese – 雅各 (Yǎgè) *Cornish language, Cornish – Jago, Jammes, Jamma *Corsican language, Corsican – Ghjacumu *Croatian language, Croatian – Jakov, Jakob, Jakša *Czech language, Czech – Jakub *Danish language, Danish – Jakob, Jep, Jeppe (name), Jeppe, Ib *Dutch language, Dutch – Jaak, Jaap, Jakob, Jacobus, Jacco, Jaco, Sjaak, Kobus *English language, English – Jack, Jake, Jakob, Jaycob; see also James (name), James *Esperanto – Jakobo *Estonian language, Estonian – Jaak, Jaagup, Jakob *Ethiopian language, Ethiopia – Yacob, Yacob, Yakob *Faroese language, Faroese – Jákup *Fijian language, Fijian – Jekope, Kope *Finnish language, Finnish – Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jaakko *French language, French – Jacques, Jayme, Jaume, Jacqueline (fem.) *West Frisian language, Frisian – Japik *Galician language, Galician – Xacobe, Santiago (name), Santiago, Iago, Xaime *Georgian language, Georgian – იაკობ (Iakob), კობა (Koba) *German language, German – Jakob *Greek language, Greek – Iákovos (Ιάκωβος), Iakóv (Ιακώβ), Yángos (Γιάγκος) *Gujarati language, Gujarati – જેકબ (Jēkaba) *Haitian Creole – Jakòb *Hausa language, Hausa – Yakubu *Hawaiian language, Hawaiian – Iakopo *Hebrew language, Hebrew –Ya'akov (יעקב), Koby, Ya'akova (female) *Hindi – याकूब (Yākūba) *Hmong language, Hmong – Yakhauj *Hungarian language, Hungarian – Jakab, Jákob *Icelandic language, Icelandic – Jakob *Igbo language, Igbo – Jekọb *Indonesian language, Indonesian – Yakobus (used mainly by Christians), Yakub (used mainly by Muslims) *Irish language, Irish – Séamas, Séamus, Sésamo, Sesame, Shéamais, Iacób, Siacus *Italian language, Italian – Giacomo (disambiguation), Giacomo, Iacopo, Jacopo, Giacobbe *Japanese language, Japanese – Yakobu (ヤコブ) *Javanese language, Javanese – Yakub *Kannada – ಜಾಕೋಬ್ (Jākōb) *Kazakh language, Kazakh – Жақып (Zhaqyp, Zhakip) *Khmer language, Khmer – លោកយ៉ាកុប (lok yeakob) *Korean language, Korean – Yagop (야곱) *Kyrgyz language, Kyrgyz – Жакып (Dzhakyp) *Lao language, Lao – ຢາໂຄບ (ya okhb) *Latin – Iacobus *Latvian language, Latvian – Jēkabs *Lithuanian language, Lithuanian – Jokūbas *Macedonian language, Macedonian – Јаков *Malayalam – ചാക്കോ (Chacko), യാക്കോബ് (Yakob) *Maltese language, Maltese – Ġakbu, Ġakobb *Māori language, Māori – Hakopa *Marathi language, Marathi – याकोब (Yākōba) *Malay language, Malay – Akob, Yakub, Yaakub *Mongolian language, Mongolian – Иаков (Iakov) *Montenegrin language, Montenegrin – Jakov, Jakša *Myanmar language, Myanmar – yarkote sai *Nepali language, Nepali – याकूबले (Yākūbalē) *Norwegian language, Norwegian – Jakob *Kapampangan language, Pampangan – Hakub *Persian language, Persian – Yaghub (یعقوب) *Polish language, Polish – Jakub, Kuba, Jakubina and Żaklina *Portuguese language, Portuguese – Jacó, Iago, Tiago, Thiago, Diogo, Jácomo, Jaime *Punjabi language, Punjabi – ਯਾਕੂਬ ਨੇ (Yākūba nē) *Romanian language, Romanian – Iacob, Iacov *Romansh language, Romansh: Giacun, Giachen *Russian language, Russian – Иаков (Iakov) (archaic Old Testament, O.T. form), Яков (Yakov, Iakov), Яша (Yasha, Jascha) (diminutive) *Samoan language, Samoan – Iakopo *Scots language, Scots – Hamish *Scottish Gaelic – Seumas *Serbian language, Serbian – Jakov (Јаков), Jakša (Јакша) *Sesotho language, Sesotho – Jakobo *Sinhala language, Sinhala – ජාකොබ් (Jakob), යාකොබ් (Yakob) *Slovak language, Slovak – Jakub (short form: Kubo) *Slovene language, Slovenian – Jakob [ja:kop], Jaka *Somali language, Somali – Yacquub *Sorbian language, Sorbian – Jakub *Spanish language, Spanish – Jacobo, Jaime, Yago, Diego, Santiago (name), Santiago, Iago, Tiago *Swahili language, Swahili – Yakobo *Swedish language, Swedish – Jakob *Sylheti language, Sylheti – য়াকুব (Yakub) *Syriac language, Syriac – ܝܥܩܘܒ (Yaʿqub), also (Yaqo, Yaqko) *Tagalog language, Tagalog – Hakob *Tajik language, Tajik – Яъқуб (Ja'quʙ) *Tamil language, Tamil – யாக்கோபு (Yākkōpu) *Telugu language, Telugu – యాకోబు (Yākôbu) *Thai language, Thai – เจคอบ Ce khxb, pronounced "Ja-khawb" *Tigrinya language, Tigrinya – ያእቆብ, ያዕቆብ (Ya‘ik’obi) *Turkish language, Turkish – Yakup *Ukrainian language, Ukrainian – Yakiv (Яків) *Urdu – یعقوب (Ya'kub) *Uzbek language, Uzbek – Yoqub, Yakob, Ya'qub *Vietnamese language, Vietnamese – Giacôbê, Giacóp *Welsh language, Welsh – Siam, Jac, Iago *Xitsonga language, Xitsonga – Yakobo *Yiddish – Yankev, Yankl, Yankel, Yankele *Yoruba language, Yoruba – Jakọbù *Zulu language, Zulu – JakobePeople with the name
* Patriarch Jacob of Alexandria (1803–1865), Greek Patriarch of Alexandria 1861–1865 * Saint Jakov, Archbishop of Serbs 1286–1292 * Saint Jacob of Alaska, missionary of the Orthodox Church * Saint Jacob of Nisibis, Bishop of Nisibis * Jacob (Book of Mormon prophet) * *See also
* * *Jacob (disambiguation)References
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