Boy · Hebrew
Jakub
Say it: YAH-koob
Meaning
From Hebrew Ya'aqov, explained in Genesis by aqev 'heel'; scholars often read it as 'may God protect'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Biblical, and among the most popular boys' names in Poland and the Czech Republic since the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 2,845 babies given this name since 1981
- At its height in 2008, about 1 in 11,100 boys
- 47 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kuba
| Slovak | Jakub |
|---|---|
| Russian | Yakov |
| Ukrainian | Yakiv |
| Serbian | Jakov |
| Croatian | Jakov |
| Bulgarian | Yakov |
| English | Jacob |
Famous bearers
- Jakub Wujek, Polish Bible translator
- Jakub Błaszczykowski, Polish footballer
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.