Given name · Arabic
يعقوب
يعقوب (yaʕqūb) is a masculine given name from Classical Syriac, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
يعقوب comes from Classical Syriac, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Classical Syriac ܝܲܥܩܘܿܒ݂ (yaʿqōḇ), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqōv).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
يعقوب’s family of names
In Arabic usage, يعقوب has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Jacob. In Arabic usage, يعقوب has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Jacó. In Arabic usage, يعقوب has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Якуб.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
يعقوب has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Aramaic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 36
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jamesequivalent
- Santiagoequivalent
- JacobPortuguese
- Thiagoequivalent
- Diegoequivalent
- Yakovequivalent
- Seamusequivalent
- Jakobequivalent
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- Jacquesequivalent
- Jacoboequivalent
- Giacomoequivalent
- Jimequivalent
- Jakubequivalent
- Jacobusequivalent
- Jakabequivalent
- Yaacovequivalent
- Jacoequivalent
- Yacobequivalent
- Jacopoequivalent
- Jaakkoequivalent
- Yakupequivalent
- ЯкубRussian
- Еқәыԥborrowing · ab
- JacóPortuguese
- Яковequivalent
- Iacobusequivalent
- Jiminyequivalent
- Séamusequivalent
- Jaccoequivalent
- Iacopoequivalent
- Jaumeequivalent
- Yakivequivalent
- יעקבequivalent
- Jakezequivalent
- Jokūbasequivalent
- يَعْقُوبhas masculine form
People named يعقوب
- Al-KindiMuslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and physician (c.801–873)
- Yakub KolasBelarusian writer (1882–1956)
- Abu YusufArab Muslim Scholar and jurist (died 798)731–798
- Yaqub al-MansurRuler of the Almohad Caliphate from 1184 to 11991160–1199
- Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-SaffarSafarid Dynasty Amir from 861 to 879840–879
- Mohammad Yaqub KhanEmir of Afghanistan during 1879 (1849–1923)
- Yakub Beg of YettisharKing of Kashgaria (1820–1877)
- Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-HaqqMarinid Sultan of Algeria (r. 1258–1286)1212–1286
- Al-Mustamsik16th Caliph of Cairo1447–1521
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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>99% boys
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“the people are enlarged” · “people of width”
>99% boys
Shelesh
“triad” · “third”
>99% boys