Given name · also Late Latin
Jákup
“he will/shall heel”
Jákup is a masculine given name from Late Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Faroese.
Original Hebrewיעקב
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jákup goes back to Hebrew יעקב (ya'aqóbh; Modern: Yaakov), meaning “he will/shall heel.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Jákup comes from Late Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Faroese usage, Jákup developed from יעקב. In Faroese usage, Jákup developed from Ἰάκωβος.
Jákup’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Jákup shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form Jakob. In Faroese usage, Jákup has a conventional equivalent in the English form James. In Faroese usage, Jákup has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jacob.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jákup has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Jákup comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jákup
- Jakup KrasniqiChairman of the Assembly of Kosovoborn 1951
- Jákup á BorgFaroese footballerborn 1979
- Jákup DahlFaroese provost and translator (1878–1944)
- Jákup MikkelsenFaroese footballerborn 1970
- Jakup MatoAlbanian writer (1936–2005)
- Jákup Pauli GregoriussenFaroese architect and artist (1932-2021)
- Jákup MikkelsenFaroese teacher and politicianborn 1957
- Jákup Frederik ØregaardFaroese politician (1906-1980)
- Jákup JógvanssonPrime Minister of the Faroe Islands1600–1700
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Jákup, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Jakeh
“pious”
>99% boys
Jashub
“he will return”
>99% boys
Jaddai
“... unclear but perhaps beloved or praised”
>99% boys
Jahweh
“he who causes” · “whilst causing”
>99% boys
Jānis
Jānis is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Latvian.
>99% boys
Jaziz
“he will move like the tide”
>99% boys
Jalam
“young man” · “he will hide”
>99% boys
Japhlet
“he will deliver”
86% boys · 14% girls