| Group info: | | Meaning/translation: | Yahweh may protect; holder of the heel; supplanter |
| Language of origin: | Hebrew |
| Info about origin, male: | original, etymological meaning might be He (God) may protect |
| | but already in the Old Testament the name is interpreted as holder of the heel or supplanter |
| | in the Old Testament Jacob is a son of Isaac and the father of 12 sons who will found the 12 tribes of Israel |
| | during birth Jacob held the heel of his twin brother Esau for becoming the first-born (thus the given name interpretations) |
| | in the New Testament James the Elder and James the Younger are two disciples of Jesus |
| Words: | yahweh = (the name of God) (name of the one God according to the Old Testament) Hebrew |
| | aqeb = the heel Hebrew |
| | aqab = to supplant, to cheat Hebrew |
| Topics: | 12 Apostles, Interesting, Old Testament |
| Variants' top ranks: | 1:Jakob Austria First 2020, 1:James Ireland 2016, 1:Jacob USA 2012, 1:Diego Mexico 2007, 1:Jakub Poland 2015, 1:Thiago Puerto Rico 2023, 2:Jokubas Lithuania 2021, 2:Jakov Croatia 2023, 4:Diogo Portugal 2008, 4:Jekabs Latvia 2023 |
| Somehow related to: | Jahwe |
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| Name variants: All variants, grouped by language of use | | Language | Female Variants | Male Variants |
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| German | Jakoba, Jakobea, Jakobine | Jakob, Jakobus, Köbi |
| Portuguese | | Diogo, Iago, Tiago |
| Swiss German | | Köbi |
| Scandinavian | | Jacob, Jeppe |
| Dutch | | Jaap, Jacob |
| English | Jackeline, Jackie, Jacklyn, Jacky, Jaclyn, Jacquelyn, Jaime, Jaimie, Jami, Jamie, Jaquelin, Jaslyn, Jayme, Jazlene, Jazlyn, Jazlynn, Jazzlyn | Coby, Jacob, Jake, Jakobe, James, Jamie, Jaycob, Jim, Jimi, Jimmie, Jimmy, Koby |
| Italian | Giacoma | Giacobbe, Giacomo, Iacopo, Jacopo, Lapo |
| Spanish | | Diego, Jacobo, Jago, Jaime, Thiago, Yago |
| French | Jacqueline, Jaqueline | Jacques |
| Czech | | Jakub |
| Latvian | | Jekabs |
| Scottish | | Jamie, Seumas |
| Maltese | | Jayme |
| Lithuanian | | Jokubas |
| Turkish | | Yakup |
| Arabic | | Yaqub |
| Irish | | Seamus |
| Malay | | Yaakob |
| Slovenian | | Jaka |
| Finnish | | Jaakko, Jimi |
| Rhaeto-Romanic | | Jachen |
| Albanian | | Jak |
| Polish | | Jakub |
| Russian | | Jakow, Jascha |
| Serbo-Croatian | | Jakov |
| Old Greek | | Iakobos |
| Latin | | Iacobus, Iacomus |
| Hebrew | | Yaakov, Yaakov |
| Yiddish | | Jankel, Yankel |
| Icelandic | | Jakop |
| Hawaii | | Kimo |
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| Name variants: 23 female and 57 male name variants, sorted by name and gender |
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