Jacob (name)

Jacob (name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Jacob



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caption="Isaac Blessing Jacob", Govert Flinck, 1638. The name Jacob comes from the Biblical story of Jacob's birth where he came out holding the heal of his twin broth Esau.
pronunciation=IPA|/dʒeɪkʊb/
gender = Male
meaning = "Strong"
region =
origin = derived from Late Latin "Iacobus", from Greek "Iakobos", from Hebrew _he. יַעֲקֹב ("Yaʿqob", "Yaʿaqov", " Yaʿăqōḇ")
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Jacob is a common male first name and a less well-known surname. Since 1999 and through 2006, Jacob has been the most popular baby name for newborn boys in United States. It is a cognate of James.

Jacob is derived from Late Latin "Iacobus", from Greek "Iakobos", from Hebrew _he. יַעֲקֹב ("Yaʿqob", "Yaʿaqov", " Yaʿăqōḇ"), the name of the Hebrew patriarch, Jacob son of Isaac. It is a speaking name, referring to the circumstances of Jacob's birth, meaning "heel grabber" (from the Hebrew root _he. עקב "ʿqb" "heel"; literally, it is a finite verb formed from this root, and would translate to something like "he heeled"), since he held on to the heel to his twin brother Esau inside Rebekah's womb. In a Christian context, the name is also associated with the apostles James, son of Zebedee; James the Just, brother of Jesus, who led the original Christian community in Jerusalem; and James, son of Alphaeus, who was the object of great veneration in the European Middle Ages, notably at Santiago de Compostela.

Variants and diminutives

*English – Jake
*Afrikaans - Jakob, Jacob
*Arabic - Yaʿqūb (يعقوب)
*Armenian - Hakob (Հակոբ)
*Bulgarian - Yakov (Яков)
*Catalan - Jaume
*Cornish - Jago, Jammes, Jamma
*Croatian - Jakov
*Czech - Jakub
*Dutch - Jaak, Jakob, Jacob
*Estonian - Jaak
*Finnish - Jaakko
*French - Jacques
*Galician - Xacobe, Santiago (name), Iago
*German - Jakob, Jacob [ja:kop]
*Greek - Iakovos (Ιάκωβος), Iakov (Ιακώβ)
*Hebrew - Ya'akov (יעקב)
*Hungarian - Jakab
*Irish - Seamus
*Italian - Giacomo, Jacopo, Giacobbe
*Japanese - Yakobu(ヤコブ), Jeikobu (in katakana)
*Latin - Iacobus/Jacobus
*Latvian - Jēkabs
*Lithuanian - Jokūbas
*Malayalam - Chacko, Yakob
*Polish - Jakub, Kuba
*Slovenian - Jakob [ja:kop] , Jaka
*Romanian - Iacob, Iacov
*Russian - Yakov (Иаков, Яков)
*Samoan - Iakopo, (eh-yuk-oh-po)
*Scandinavian - Jakob, Jacob
*Scots - Hamish
*Spanish - Jacob, Jacobo(Ha-cob-o), Jaime(Hi-me), Yago, Diego,Santiago (name)
*Portuguese - Jacó, Santiago (name), Jaime, Iago, Thiago, Tiago, Diogo
*Turkish - Yakup
*Ukrainian - Yakiv (Яків)
*Vietnamese - Giacôbê
*Yiddish - Yankev, Yankl, Yankel, Yankele


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