Jacob (name)

Jacob
	Isaac Blessing Jacob, 1638 Govert Flinck painting. The name Jacob comes from the Biblical story of Jacob's birth where he came out holding the heel of his twin brother, Esau.
Pronunciation	/ˈdʒeɪkəb/
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	derived from Late Latin Jacobus, from Greek Ἰάκωβος Iakovos, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿqob, Yaʿaqov, Yaʿăqōḇ)
Meaning	"seizing by the heel", "supplanting"
Other names
Related names	James, Jakob, Jake, Jack, Jakov, Yakub, Yakup

Jacob is a common male given name and a less well-known surname. It is a cognate of James. Jacob is derived from Late Latin Iacobus, from Greek Ἰάκωβος Iakobos, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿqob, Yaʿaqov, Yaʿăqōḇ), the name of the Hebrew patriarch, Jacob son of Isaac and Rebecca. The name comes either from the Hebrew root עקב ʿqb meaning "to follow, to be behind" but also "to supplant, circumvent, assail, overreach", or from the word for "heel", עֲקֵב ʿaqeb.

In the narrative of Genesis, it refers to the circumstances of Jacob's birth when he held on to the heel of his older twin brother Esau (Genesis 25:26). The name is etymologized (in a direct speech by the character Esau) in Genesis 27:36, adding the significance of Jacob having "supplanted" his elder brother by buying his birthright.[1]

In a Christian context, Jacob – James as reduced English form – is the name for several people in the New Testament: (1) apostle James, son of Zebedee, (2) another apostle James, son of Alphaeus, and (3) James the brother of Jesus (James the Just), who led the original Nazarene Community in Jerusalem. There are several Jacobs in the genealogy of Jesus.

Modern usage

From 1999 through 2012, Jacob was the most popular baby name for boys in the United States.[2] Since Jacob is also venerated as a prophet of Islam, his name is commonly used as a male first name in Arab and Muslim societies (Arabic Yakub, Turkish Yakup).

Variants

Afrikaans – Jakob, Jacob, Jakobus, Jacobus
Albanian – Jakup, Jakupi; Jakob, Jakobi; Gjokë, Gjoka; Zhak, Zhaku
Arabic – Yaʿqūb, Yakub (يعقوب); see also (Jacob in Islam)
Armenian – Յակոբ (classical Armenian and Western Armenian), Հակոբ (Eastern Armenian) (Hakob, Hagop)
Azerbaijani – Yaqub, Yaqubun, Ceykob
Basque – Jakobi, Jagoba
Belarusian – Якуб, Якаў (Jakub, Jakaŭ)
Bengali – জ্যাকব (Jyākob), ইয়াকুব (Iyakub)
Bosnian – Jakub (Jakup)
Bulgarian – Яков (Yakov)
Catalan – Jacob, Jaume, Dídac
Cebuano – Hakob
Chichewa – Yakobo
Chinese – 雅各 (Yǎgè)
Cornish – Jago, Jammes, Jamma
Croatian – Jakov, Jakob, Jakša
Czech – Jakub (short form: Kuba)
Danish – Jacob, Jakob, Jep, Jeppe, Ib
Dutch – Jaak, Jaap, Jakob, Jacob, Jacobus, Sjaak, Kobus
English – Jacob, Jake, Jakob, Jaycob; see also James
Esperanto – Jakobo
Estonian – Jaak, Jaagup, Jakob
Ethiopia – Yacob, Yacob, Yakob
Faroese – Jákup
Fijian – Jekope, Kope
Finnish – Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jaakko
French – Jacob, Jacques, Jayme, Jaume, Jacqueline (fem.)
Galician – Xacobe, Santiago, Iago, Xaime
Georgian – იაკობ (Iakob), კობა (Koba)
German – Jakob, Jacob [ja:kop]
Greek – Iákovos (Ιάκωβος), Iakóv (Ιακώβ), Yángos (Γιάγκος)
Gujarati – જેકબ (Jēkaba)
Haitian Creole – Jakòb
Hausa – Yakubu
Hebrew –Ya'akov (יעקב), Koby, Ya'akova (female)
Hindi – याकूब (Yākūba)
Hmong – Yakhauj
Hungarian – Jakab, Jákob
Icelandic – Jakob
Igbo – Jekọb
Indonesian – Yakobus (used mainly by Christians), Yakub (used mainly by Muslims)
Irish – Séamas, Séamus, Sésamo, Sesame, Shéamais, Iacób, Siacus
Italian – Giacomo, Iacopo, Jacopo, Giacobbe
Japanese – Yakobu (ヤコブ)
Javanese – Yakub
Kannada – ಜಾಕೋಬ್ (Jākōb)
Kazakh – Жақып (Zhaqyp, Zhakip)
Khmer – លោកយ៉ាកុប (lok yeakob)
Korean – Yagop (야곱)
Kyrgyz – Жакып (Dzhakyp)
Lao – ຢາໂຄບ (ya okhb)
Latin – Iacobus
Latvian – Jēkabs
Lithuanian – Jokūbas
Macedonian – Јаков
Malayalam – ചാക്കോ (Chacko), Yakob
Maltese – Ġakbu, Ġakobb
Maori – Hakopa
Marathi – याकोब (Yākōba)
Malay – Yakub, Yaakub
Mongolian – Иаков (Iakov)
Montenegrin – Jakov, Jakša
Myanmar – yarkote sai
Nepali – याकूबले (Yākūbalē)
Norwegian – Jakob
Pampangan – Hakub
Persian – Yaghub (یعقوب)
Polish – Jakub (short form: Kuba), Jakób, Jakubina and Żaklina (feminine forms adapted from French)
Portuguese – Jacó, Iago, Tiago, Thiago, Diogo, Jácomo, Jacob
Punjabi – ਯਾਕੂਬ ਨੇ (Yākūba nē)
Romanian – Iacob, Iacov
Russian – Иаков (Iakov) (archaic O.T. form), Яков (Yakov, Iakov), Яша (Yasha, Jascha) (diminutive)
Samoan – Iakopo
Scots – Hamish
Scottish Gaelic – Seumas
Serbian – Jakov (Јаков), Jakša (Јакша)
Sesotho – Jakobo
Sinhala – ජාකොබ් (Jakob), යාකොබ් (Yakob)
Slovak – Jakub (short form: Kubo)
Slovenian – Jakob [ja:kop], Jaka
Somali – Yacquub
Sorbian – Jakub
Spanish – Jacob, Jacobo, Jaime, Yago, Diego, Santiago, Iago, Tiago
Swahili – Yakobo
Swedish – Jakob, Jacob, Jakop
Sylheti – য়াকুব (Yakub)
Syriac – ܝܥܩܘܒ (Yaʿqub), also (Yaqo, Yaqko)
Tagalog – Hakob
Tajik – Яъқуб (Ja'quʙ)
Tamil – யாக்கோபு (Yākkōpu)
Telugu – జాకబ్ (Jākab)
Thai – จาค็อบ (Cā kh̆ xb, pronounced "Chaa-khawb")
Turkish – Yakup
Ukrainian – Yakiv (Яків)
Urdu – یعقوب
Uzbek – Yoqub, Yakob, Ya'qub
Vietnamese – Giacôbê, Giacóp
Welsh – Siam, Jacob, Jac, Iago
Xitsonga – Yakobo
Yiddish – Yankev, Yankl, Yankel, Yankele
Yoruba – Jakọbù
Zulu – Jakobe

People with the name

Jacob of Samosata, a companion in martyrdom of Romanus of Samosata
Patriarch Jacob of Alexandria (1803–1865), Greek Patriarch of Alexandria 1861–1865
Saint Jakov, Archbishop of Serbs 1286–1292
Saint Jacob of Alaska, missionary of the Orthodox Church
Saint Jacob of Nisibis, Bishop of Nisibis
Jacob (Book of Mormon prophet)
All pages with titles beginning with Jacob of
All pages with titles beginning with Jacob the
Jacob Perez, past mindless behavior member, 1996

Fictional characters

Jacob (Lost), fictional character, ageless protector of the island in TV series Lost

References

"And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me (יַּעְקְבֵנִי) these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing" (KJV)
U.S. Social Security Administration – Popular Baby Names

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[1] "And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me (יַּעְקְבֵנִי) these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing" (KJV)

[2] U.S. Social Security Administration – Popular Baby Names