Given name
Jakobina
“she who supplants”
Jakobina is a variant of Jacoba. In Hebrew use, Jacoba carries the interpretation “she who supplants.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jakobina is a variant of Jacoba. In Hebrew use, Jacoba carries the interpretation “she who supplants.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jakobina connects to the Jacob name family through Jacoba. Jacob is the English and Dutch form of the Hebrew Yaakov. James belongs to the same older name family, despite looking quite different in English.
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How it developed
Jakobina connects to the Jacob name family through Jacoba. The shared background comes through Jacob: The link with Hebrew akev, “heel,” comes from Genesis 25:26: Jacob is born holding his older twin Esau’s heel. In Genesis 27:36, Esau connects the name with being supplanted after Jacob gains his birthright and their father’s blessing. These episodes explain the traditional meanings; they do not settle how the name first arose.
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The story
Jakobina connects to the Jacob name family through Jacoba. The history of Jacob gives this family its wider story. In Genesis, Jacob is the son of Isaac and Rebecca and the father of twelve sons associated with the twelve tribes of Israel. His name has a long history in Jewish and Christian communities. The related name James developed through a different Late Latin form, Iacomus, eventually becoming distinct from Jacob in English.
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Jakobina’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Jakobina has a short form in Bina. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Jakobina shares a linguistic root with the Icelandic form Jakobína. Jakobina has a related form in Jacoba.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Jakobina, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Jackobina
“she who supplants”
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Jackobyna
“she who supplants”
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Jackoba
“she who supplants”
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Japhia
“illustrious” · “may he cause to shine forth”
19% boys · 81% girls
Jezaniah
“Yah harkens”
8% boys · 92% girls
Jakobs
“heel grabber” · “supplanter”
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Józia
“to add”
>99% girls
Jechiliah
“Yah is able” · “Yah prevails”
>99% girls