Baby Names and Name Meanings

boy JacobJacob - name meaning, origin


Vary | Add (0) | Email | <Quote/>

The boy's name Jacob \j(a)-

is pronounced JAY-kub. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "he who supplants". Also possibly from "la-aqov" (hence, Yaakov) meaning "to track or follow". Biblical: the son of Isaac and Rebekah and twin brother of Esau. Jacob fathered 12 sons and a daughter, who became the ancestors of the nation of Israel, the name Jacob himself received after wrestling with an angel. Jacobo is a Spanish form; Yakov (YAH-kav) is Russian. Senator Jacob Javits; actor Jake Gyllenhall.

Jacob has 52 variant forms: Cob, Cobb, Cobby, Giacamo, Giacobbe, Giacobo, Giacomo, Giacopo, Hamish, Iacopo, Iacovo, Iago, Iakob, Iakobos, Iakov, Jaap, Jack, Jaco, Jacobo, Jacobi, Jacobus, Jacoby, Jack, Jackie, Jacko, Jacky, Jacobo, Jacobus, Jacques, Jacquet, Jago, Jaime, Jake, Jakeb, Jakie, Jakob, Jakov, Jakub, James, Jamesie, Jamey, Jamie, Jamsey, Jay, Jayme, Jim, Jimmie, Seamus, Shamus, Yakov, Yakup and Yaqub.

For more information, see also related names Jock, Kobi and Zachary.

Baby names that sound like Jacob are Jacopo, Yakob and Yaacob.

Jacob is a very common first name for men (#122 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#1894 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy name Jacob. Compare Jacob with its variant forms and related boy names.
Jacob
Jacob Name

[Top]

Jacob - meaning of Jacob name
© 2009 Thinkbabynames.com, a Baby Names company.