Given name & surname · also Ancient Greek
Jaakob
“he will heel”
Jaakob is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Finnish and Estonian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jaakob goes back to Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ), meaning “he will heel.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Jaakob comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Jaakob developed from Ἰακώβ.
Jaakob’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Jaakob as a surname has a diminutive in Koppinen. In Finnish usage, Jaakob developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἰακώβ. In Estonian usage, Jaakob has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Jacob.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jaakob has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Jaakob comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JacobPortuguese, Spanish
- Jakobequivalent
- JacoboSpanish
- Yaacovequivalent
- Yacobequivalent
- Jakkeequivalent
- JacóPortuguese
- יעקבequivalent
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