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Look up Jacob in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Jacob is a common male first name and a less well-known surname. It is a cognate of James. Jacob is derived from Late Latin "Iacobus," from Greek Iakobos, from Hebrew יעקב (Ya'aqov).
Modern variants of the name include:
- Yaqub, Arabic
- Hakob (Հակոբ), Armenian
- Jaume, Catalan
- Jaakko, Finnish
- Jacques, French
- Jakob, Jacob [ja:kop], German, Dutch and Scandinavian
- Iakovos(Ιάκωβος), Greek
- Ya'akov (יעקב), Hebrew
- Jakab, Hungarian
- Giacomo, Jacopo, Giacobbe Italian
- Jacobus, Latin
- Iacob, Iacov, Romanian
- Yakov, Russian
- Iakopo, (eh-yuk-oh-po) Samoan
- Jacobo, Jaime, Yago Spanish
- Jacó, Jaime, Iago, Thiago, Tiago Portuguese
- Jakub, many Slavic languages (Czech, Polish)
- Giacôbê, Vietnamese
- Jakobu(ジャコブ), Japanese
- Yankev, Yankl, Yankel, Yankele, Yiddish
- Jaak, Estonian
Famous persons with the given name Jacob
Theological
- Yaqub, Qur'an
- Jacob
- Yakub, Nation of Islam
- Saint James
Rulers
- Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (1597–1603 & 1604–1606)
In Literature
- Jacob Marley, a fictional character whose ghost appears in the Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol.
In American Football
- Jake Plummer, Quarterback for the Denver Broncos
- Jake Delhomme, Quaterback for the Carolina Panthers
Other
- Jacob Arabo, famous jeweler to hip hop artists
- Jacob ben Asher, rabbi, Talmudist
- Jacob Eiler, a human rights activist
- Jacob A. Marinsky, chemist
- Jacob Riis
- Jacob Thompson, a former US Congressman
Famous persons with the family name Jacob
- Field Marshal Sir Claud Jacob
- Edgar Jacob
- Edward Jacob
- E. F. Jacob
- François Honoré Jacob
- Major-General Sir George Le Grand Jacob
- Georges Jacob
- Giles Jacob
- Gordon Jacob
- Lt-General Sir Ian Jacob
- General John Jacob of Jacobabad
- Marius Jacob
- Max Jacob
- Naomi Ellington Jacob
- P.L. Jacob, see Paul Lacroix
- Violet Jacob
Jacob in Mormonism
- In the Book of Mormon:
- The Book of Jacob, brother to Nephi
- Jacob, author of the aforementioned book
Other
- Jacob Faithful, by Frederick Marryat
- Jakob (band), a post-rock band from New Zealand
See also
- Jacobs
- Jacob Iype
- Jacobson, Jacobsen
- Jacobi (Jacoby)
- Jacoba
- Jacobine, Jacobina
- Jacobite
- Jacobin
- Jacobean
- Jacobian
- Jacob's
- Jacob's ladder (toy)
- Jacob's Staff
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