Given name
Ya'qub
“he who supplants”
Ya'qub is a variant of Yaqub. In Arabic use, Yaqub carries the interpretation “he who supplants.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ya'qub is a variant of Yaqub. In Arabic use, Yaqub carries the interpretation “he who supplants.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ya'qub is a romanization of Яъқуб. Яъқуб comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Arabic.
Explained through its name family
Ya'qub’s family of names
Ya'qub has a related form in Yaqub. In Tajik usage, Ya'qub is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Яъқуб.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
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Spellings & scripts 1
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People named Ya'qub
- Ya'qub ibn DawudIraqi writer701–802
- Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Israili12th-century Egyptian Jewish physician
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