Given name & surname
Jakab
Jakab is a masculine given name. It is used in Hungarian.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Jakab isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jakab through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 501 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jakab’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Jakab has a conventional equivalent in the English form James. In Hungarian usage, Jakab has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Jacob. In Hungarian usage, Jakab has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jaime.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Jakab has relatives in 6 languages.
8 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 20
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jakab
- Jakab CsesznekyHungarian aristocrat1300–1301
- Jakab Marastonipainter (1804-1860)
- Jakab FellnerHungarian Baroque architect1722–1780
- Jakob GrünHungarian violinist and music educator (1837-1916)
- Jakab KauserHungarian pole vaulter (1877-1925)
- Jakab WeltnerHungarian journalist and politician (1873-1936)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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