Jacob (name)
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Jacob is a common male first name and a less well-known surname. As of 2005 it is the most popular baby name for boys in United States. It is a cognate of James. Jacob is derived from Late Latin "Iacobus," from Greek Iakobos, from Hebrew יעקב (Ya'aqov).
Modern variants of the name include:
- Yaqub, Arabic
- Hakob (Հակոբ), Armenian
- Jaume, Catalan
- Jaak, Estonian
- Jaakko, Finnish
- Jacques, French
- Jakob, Jacob [ja:kop], German, Dutch and Scandinavian
- Iakovos(Ιάκωβος), Greek
- Ya'akov (יעקב), Hebrew
- Jakab, Hungarian
- Giacomo, Jacopo, Giacobbe Italian
- Jakobu(ジャコブ), Japanese
- Jacobus, Latin
- Jokūbas, Lithuanian
- Jakub, many Slavic languages (Czech, Polish)
- Iacob, Iacov, Romanian
- Yakov (Иаков, Яков, Яша), Russian
- Iakopo, (eh-yuk-oh-po) Samoan
- Jacob, Jacobo, Jaime, Yago, Santiago Spanish
- Jacó, Jaime, Iago, Thiago, Tiago Portuguese
- Giacôbê, Vietnamese
- Yankev, Yankl, Yankel, Yankele, Yiddish
