Given name · Hebrew
יעקב
יעקב (ya'akóv) is a masculine given name. It is used in Hebrew.
HebrewWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: alfabe çevirisi gerekiyor.
Meaning & origin
יעקב’s family of names
In Hebrew usage, יעקב has a later derivative in Jacob. In Hebrew usage, יעקב has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jaime. In Hebrew usage, יעקב has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jacob.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
יעקב has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
11 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 39
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jackequivalent
- Santiagoequivalent
- Jacobderivative · Portuguese, Spanish
- Thiagoequivalent
- Diegoequivalent
- Jacquelinederivative · English
- JaimeSpanish
- Yaakovequivalent
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- Tiagoequivalent
- Yakovequivalent
- JakobGerman
- Jacquesequivalent
- JacoboSpanish
- Diagoequivalent
- Yagoequivalent
- Yakubequivalent
- Iagoequivalent
- Jacobusequivalent
- Hakobderivative · ilo
- Jakovequivalent
- Yacobequivalent
- Jacopoequivalent
- Dydakequivalent
- Iacobequivalent
- Иаковequivalent
- Jaakobequivalent
- Jokūbasequivalent
- يعقوبequivalent
- Iakovequivalent
- Jaakkoequivalent
- Яковderivative · Russian, rsk
- JacóPortuguese
- Jákupderivative · Faroese
- Xacobeequivalent
- Iacobusequivalent
- Chaimeequivalent
- Iacopoequivalent
- Jaumeequivalent
- יַעֲקֹבhas masculine form
People named יעקב
- James, brother of JesusJewish bishop of Jerusalem figure in Early Christianity100–62
- James the LessChristian saint100–62
- Yaacov AgamIsraeli sculptor and experimental artist (1928-2026)
- Jacob ZivIsraeli computer scientist (1931–2023)
- Ya'akov KatzIsraeli politicianborn 1951
- Ya'acov Ben-DovIsraeli photographer1882–1968
- Yaakov RosnerIsraeli photographer (1902–1950)
- Yakov SpringerMunich Massacre victim (1921–1972)
- Yasha ManasherovIsraeli wrestlerborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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