Given name & surname

Yaƙubu

Yaƙubu is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Hausa.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Yaƙubu comes from Arabic.

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How it developed

From Arabic يَعْقُوب.

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Yaƙubu’s family of names

In Hausa usage, Yaƙubu has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jacob.

Walk Yaƙubu’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 1

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