Given name · also Late Latin

Jacum

Jacum is a masculine given name from Late Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Friulian.

Original LatinIacobus

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Jacum comes from Late Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Friulian usage, Jacum developed from Ἰάκωβος.

Jacum’s family of names

In Friulian usage, Jacum developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἰάκωβος. In Friulian usage, Jacum has a conventional equivalent in the English form James. In Friulian usage, Jacum has a related form in IACOBUS.

Walk Jacum’s family in the name graph

JacumIacobusJamesJaimeJaumeXaimeἸάκωβος

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Jacum has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.

Hebrew

3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Jacum, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew · Biblical

Jalam

“young man” · “he will hide”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Jákup

“he will/shall heel”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Accum

“heathen, non-Jew”

No U.S. birth series

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Hebrew · Biblical

Jakeh

“pious”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Avakum

Avakum is a given name from Hebrew.

No U.S. birth series

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Hebrew · Biblical

Jashub

“he will return”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Jaddai

“... unclear but perhaps beloved or praised”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Jahweh

“he who causes” · “whilst causing”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Jacum’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Jacum