Given name
Jēkabs
Jēkabs is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
Jēkabs’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Jēkabs has a conventional equivalent in the English form James. In Latvian usage, Jēkabs has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jacob. In Latvian usage, Jēkabs has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jaime.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jēkabs has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
8 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JamesEnglish
- JacobPortuguese, Spanish
- JaimeSpanish
- JacoboSpanish
- GiacomoItalian
- JakubCzech
- Yacobequivalent
- JacóPortuguese
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People named Jēkabs
- Jēkabs KazaksLatvian painter (1895–1920)
- Jēkabs PeterssLatvian revolutionary (1886–1938)
- Edvarts VirzaLatvian writer, poet and translator (1883-1940)
- Jēkabs RēdlihsLatvian ice hockey playerborn 1982
- Jēkabs MediņšLatvian composer (1885-1971)
- Jēkabs BukseLatvian cyclist1879–1942
- Jēkabs NākumsLatvian biathleteborn 1972
- Jēkabs BīneLatvian artist and educationist (1895-1955)
- Jēkabs KalendaLatvian bobsledderborn 2002
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