Forename Yakiv

Around the world, Yakiv (Яків , Yakiv , Якив ) is a common boy's given name. The forename Yakiv is characteristic of Ukraine, where it is quite a common masculine name, Greece, where it is a rare male name, and India, where it is an extremely rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Ukraine, India, and China.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Yakiv

name Яша, name Yaqoob, name Якобус, name Jakau, name Jacb, name Yaqoub, name Ιάκωβος, name Джеймс, name Іаков, name Жак, name Жауме, name Якоб, name Jakez, name Jaume, name Jakúb, name Giacomo, name Yakov, name Джейкоб, name Jakub, name Ζακ, name Jakiv, name Джэймс, name Jakiw, name Якаў, name Yakiv, name Jakov, name Jakob, name Jakubs, name Yakow, name Джакомо, name Jakow, name Yakau, name Yaqub, name James, name Яків, name Джекобс, name Jacobus, name Якобс, name Yacob, name Якив, name Jakób, name Yakub, name Иаков, name Якаб, name Jokūbas, name Jakab, name Яаков, name Якав, name Jacob, name Якуб, name Яков, name Džeimss, name Jacques

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Яків	Ukraine
Yakiv	Greece, Ukraine, United States, India, China
Якив	Russia, Ukraine

First names said to be same

Džeimss, Giacomo, Jacb, Jacob, Jacobus, Jacques, Jakab, Jakau, Jakez, Jakiv, Jakiw, Jakob, Jakov, Jakow, Jakub, Jakubs, Jakób, Jakúb, James, Jaume, Jokūbas, Yacob, Yakau, Yakov, Yakow, Yakub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yaqub, Ζακ, Ιάκωβος, Джакомо, Джейкоб, Джеймс, Джекобс, Джэймс, Жак, Жауме, Иаков, Яаков, Якаб, Якав, Якаў, Якоб, Якобс, Якобус, Яков, Якуб, Яша, Іаков,

First name Yakiv in the context

Yakiv is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: James, son of Alphaeus , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ; Jakob Maria Mierscheid , the fictitious politician; Jacob , the fictional character of the TV series Lost; Jakob Nyman , character in Sex Education and Yasha , the character in the play "The Cherry Orchard", and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	yakiv lyzohub (b. 1786)
	yakiv rudnytskyi (b. 1865)
	yakiv kindzeryavyi-pastukh (b. 1897)
	yakiv makovetsky Ukrainian nationalist leader (1909-1990), DE (b. 1909)
	yakiv zhurakivsky
	yakiv petrovich didukh botanist (b. 1948)
	yakiv romanovych rozum Est 1650 - Abt 1700
	yakiv solomonovych brodsky Ph.D. Leningrad State University 1976
	yakiv ivashchuk Ph.D. 2014
	yakiv tsvietinskyi (b. 1991)

Characteristic surnames

Kot, Zhurykov, Birchenko, Dekonenko, Nykyforets, Voloshyn, Kutkovskyy, Petrukhno, Podolskyy, Fedchun, Dankanych, Lazarchuk, Tymoshenko, Tkachenko, Asimionese, Kuznietsov, Vakhrushev, Vaynshteyn, Maksymovych, Gershkovych, Vakoliuk, Nazaruk, Rakhlin, Syrbu, Pasko, Popov, Levin, Yusyn, Mospan, Sereda, Syvukha, Smoliy, Akimov, Koniuhov, Kozlov, Myronyuk, Shklyar, Stoikov, Bandura, Babenko, Brychuk, Karchev, Vakhrusheva, and Kalinichenko