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עקיבא
עקיבא (akive) is a masculine given name, probably from Aramaic, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Yiddish.
Aramaic and Hebrew and YiddishWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: alfabe çevirisi gerekiyor.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
עקיבא probably comes from Aramaic, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Probably from Aramaic עֲקִיבָא (ʿăqīḇā), from Hebrew עֲקִיבָא (akíva, ʿăqīḇā).
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עקיבא’s family of names
In Hebrew usage, עקיבא has a transliteration in alfabe çevirisi gerekiyor.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named עקיבא
- Rabbi AkivaJewish scholar and sage (c. 50 – c.135)
- Akiva GoldsmanAmerican film producerborn 1962
- Akiva SchafferAmerican comedy writer, actor and film directorborn 1977
- Akiva EigerGerman rabbi (1761–1837)
- Akiva YaglomRussian mathematician (1921–2007)
- Akiva GovrinIsraeli politician (1902-1980)
- Akiva EldarIsraeli journalistborn 1945
- Akiva VromanIsraeli geologist (1912–1989)
- Akiva NofIsraeli politicianborn 1936
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