Given name
Yakup
Yakup is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Yakup’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Yakup shares a linguistic root with JAKUP. In Turkish usage, Yakup has a conventional equivalent in the English form James. In Turkish usage, Yakup has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jacob.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Yakup has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Turkish roots to each of them.
8 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 34
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JamesEnglish
- Santiagoequivalent
- JacobPortuguese, Spanish
- Thiagoequivalent
- Diegoequivalent
- JaimeSpanish
- Yakovequivalent
- Seamusequivalent
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- Jakobequivalent
- Jacquesequivalent
- JacoboSpanish
- Giacomoequivalent
- Jimequivalent
- Jakubequivalent
- Yakubequivalent
- Jacobusequivalent
- Jacoequivalent
- Yacobequivalent
- Jacopoequivalent
- Жакыпcognate · Kyrgyz
- Жақыпcognate · Kazakh
- JacóPortuguese
- Jakupcognate · Albanian
- Яковequivalent
- Iacobusequivalent
- Jiminyequivalent
- Séamusequivalent
- Jaccoequivalent
- Iacopoequivalent
- Jaumeequivalent
- Jakezequivalent
- Jokūbasequivalent
- يعقوبequivalent
- Jaakkoequivalent
People named Yakup
- Yakup KılıçTurkish boxer (born 1986)
- Yakup Kadri KaraosmanoğluTurkish writer (1889–1974)
- Yakup SatarTurkish military officer (1898–2008)
- Yaqub Aq QoyunluThe fourth Padishah of Aq Qoyunlu (1478–1490)1464–1490
- Yakup GörTurkish wrestler (born 1988)
- Yakup Şevki SubaşıTurkish general and statesperson (1876–1939)1875–1939
- Yakup ŞenerTurkish boxer (born 1990)
- Yakup TaşTurkish statesperson (1959–2023)
- Yakub I of GermiyanBey Germiyan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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