Given name & surname
Yakob
“he who supplants”
Yakob is a variant of Yaakov. In Hebrew use, Yaakov carries the interpretation “he who supplants.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yakob is a variant of Yaakov. In Hebrew use, Yaakov carries the interpretation “he who supplants.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yakob is a romanization of Յակոբ. Յակոբ comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yakob through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 36 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 8 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 8 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 182 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yakob’s family of names
In Ewe usage, Yakob has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jacob. In Ewe usage, Yakob has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jacobo. Yakob has a related form in Yaakov.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Yakob has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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