| Name info: About the name Jakob in particular | | Gender: | male |
| Languages of use: | German |
| Diminutives: | Jankel, Köbi, Yankel |
| Short forms: | Jaap |
| US 2021 rank: | #850 ... 848:Eugene, 849:Kenji, 850:Jakob, 851:Colten, 852:Eliel ... Full US 2021 list |
| Similarly written: | Jacob, Jakoba, Jakobe, Jakop, Jakov, Jakow, Jakub, Ákos, Hakon, Hákon Details |
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| Group info: About Jacob/Jacqueline/Jakoba, the group of names with the same origin as Jakob | | 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 Panama 2021, 2:Jokubas Lithuania 2021, 2:Jakov Croatia 2022, 4:Diogo Portugal 2008, 4:Jacqueline England+Wales 1964 |
| Somehow related to: | Jahwe |
| Old/original forms: | Iacobus Latin, Iacomus Latin, Iakobos Old Greek, Yaakov Hebrew |
| Name variants: | Giacoma, Jackeline, Jackie, Jacklyn, Jacky, Jaclyn, Jacqueline, Jacquelyn, Jaime, Jaimie, Jakoba, Jakobea, Jakobine, Jami, Jamie, Jaquelin, Jaqueline, Jaslyn, Jayme, Jazlene, Jazlyn, Jazlynn, Jazzlyn, Coby, Diego, Diogo, Giacobbe, Giacomo, Iacopo, Iago, Jaakko, Jaap, Jachen, Jacob, Jacobo, Jacopo, Jacques, Jago, Jaime, Jak, Jaka, Jake, Jakob, Jakobe, Jakobus, Jakop, Jakov, Jakow, Jakub, James, Jamie, Jankel, Jascha, Jaycob, Jayme, Jekabs, Jeppe, Jim, Jimi, Jimmie, Jimmy, Jokubas, Kimo, Köbi, Koby, Lapo, Seamus, Seumas, Thiago, Tiago, Yaakob, Yaakov, Yago, Yakup, Yankel, Yaqub Sortable list Details |
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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Jakob | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| USA decades | | 1990-1999 351 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 2022 986, 2021 850, 2020 882, 2019 768, 2018 700, 2017 642, 2016 583, 2015 523, 2014 458, 2013 416, 2012 395, 2011 335, 2010 299, 2009 326, 2008 308, 2007 303, 2006 293, 2005 274, 2004 235, 2003 218, 2002 203, 2001 171, 2000 173, 1999 200, 1998 190, 1997 220, 1996 381, 1995 407, 1994 430, 1993 449 |
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