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Given name · Belarusian

Якаў

Якаў (Jákaw) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Belarusian.

BelarusianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Âkaŭ.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Якаў comes from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Якаў’s family of names

In Belarusian usage, Якаў has a transliteration in Jakaŭ. In Belarusian usage, Якаў has a related form in Jakaŭ. In Belarusian usage, Якаў can be written in the Roman alphabet as Jákaw.

Walk Якаў’s family in the name graph

ЯкаўÂkaŭJákawJakaŭJacobYakovYacobJakovYakivRussianЯковЯківἸάκωβοςЯ́каў

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Spellings & scripts 2

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