boy · germanic and hebrew
Jakob
say it yah-kob
What Jakob means
- Germanic and Hebrew supplanter; German, Scandinavian and Slovene form of Jacob Torah, Hebrew Bible, Quran and New Testament: Jacob, father of the twelve tribes (Yaqub in the Quran); apostles named James
How popular it is
In the top 100 in 4 countries.
Its use is steady over the last ten years.
- no. 1 in Austria (2020)
- no. 5 in Slovenia (2021)
- no. 7 in North Macedonia (2021)
- no. 9 in Norway (2020)
- no. 128 in Sweden (2020)
- no. 206 in Switzerland (2025)
- no. 253 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
- no. 614 in Scotland (2025)
In the United States it was most popular around 2000.
Other forms
Names with a similar meaning
James Jacob Diego Tiago Christian Thiago Jamie Jake Jameson Hamish Jaime Jimmy