Forename Yaacov

In all the world, Yaacov (يعقوب , Яков , יעקב , among others...) is a widespread male given name. The given name Yaacov is habitual in Sudan, where it is quite a common masculine name, Kazakhstan, and Oman (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Russia, Sudan, and Kazakhstan. Much less frequently, Yaacov is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Yaacov

name Ya'Akov, name Yaqoob, name Jacb, name Ya'Acov, name Thiago, name Yaqoub, name Jack, name Yaakov, name Ya'Aqov, name Jaume, name Yago, name Iakow, name Jakúb, name Diego, name Yakov, name Джейкоб, name Ζακ, name Jaakob, name Jacobo, name Santiago, name Iakov, name Iago, name Yaacov, name Jakov, name Jakob, name Jakubs, name Jago, name Jakow, name יעקב, name Diago, name Dydak, name Yaqub, name Джек, name James, name Yaaqov, name Iacob, name Jacobus, name Yacob, name Iacopo, name Jacopo, name Xacobe, name Iacobus, name Jaakko, name Santjago, name Chaime, name Yakub, name Jokūbas, name Яаков, name يعقوب, name Jacob, name Яков, name Tiago, name Jákob, name Jaime, name Jacques

VARIANT	COUNTRY
يعقوب	Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Sudan
Яков	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan
יעקב	Israel
Yaacov	Panama, France, Sweden, United States, Israel
Яаков	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania

First names said to be same

Chaime, Diago, Diego, Dydak, Iacob, Iacobus, Iacopo, Iago, Iakov, Iakow, Jaakko, Jaakob, Jacb, Jack, Jacob, Jacobo, Jacobus, Jacopo, Jacques, Jago, Jaime, Jakob, Jakov, Jakow, Jakubs, Jakúb, James, Jaume, Jokūbas, Jákob, Santiago, Santjago, Thiago, Tiago, Xacobe, Ya'Acov, Ya'Akov, Ya'Aqov, Yaakov, Yaaqov, Yacob, Yago, Yakov, Yakub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yaqub, Ζακ, Джейкоб, Джек,

First name Yaacov in the context

Yaacov is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: St. James the Elder, Apostle , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, Gospel of Mark; Jacob , the in Genesis, a son of Isaac, also known as Israel; the patriarch of the Israelites, The Qur’an; James, son of Alphaeus , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ; Thing , the fictional character in Marvel Comics and Jakob Maria Mierscheid , the fictitious politician, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	yaacov palmoni Israeli entomologist, founder and director "Beth Gordon", UA (b. 1887)
	yaacov kanterovitch Israeli artist, BY (b. 1890)
	yaacov bchiri Tunisian musician, TN (b. 1912)
	yaacov eisenscher Israeli painter, IL (b. 1896)
	yaacov pat PL (b. 1894)
	yaacov breir Israeli footballer, IL (b. 1910)
	yaacov zipper PL (b. 1900)
	yaacov zelibanski Israeli association football player, IL (b. 1911)
	yaacov liberman Zionist politician and writer, CN (b. 1923)
	yaacov visoker Israeli footballer (b. 1930)
	yaacov bernstein Israeli chess player, IL (b. 1939)
	yaacov shlomo khazanoff
	yaacov heller American sculptor (b. 1941)
	yaacov ro'i GB (b. 1933)
	yaacov trope American psychologist, US (b. 1945)