Jakob

Jakob \ja-kob, jak-ob\ is a boy's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Jakob is pronounced as YAAKaoP (German) ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Jakob: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; P as in "pea (P.IY)"

What is the origin of Jakob?

Jakob is primarily used in English, German, and Scandinavian. Its language of origin is Hebrew. Jakob is an English, German, and Scandinavian form of the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian name Jacob name popularity. Jakob can also be a form of the Hebrew and English name Jacoby meaning. The shortening short names for Jaap (Dutch and German), and the familiar forms meaning of Ib (Scandinavian), Jankel definition (Yiddish), Köbi name popularity (German), and name Yankel (Yiddish) are variants of the name. Jakob is popular as a baby boy name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1980s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2001, 0.106% of baby boys were named Jakob. It was #171 in rank then. In 2010, its usage was 0.053% and its ranking #299, and it was the 2nd most popular after Jacob name popularity, out of all boy names in its family. In 2010, it was 20 times more commonly used than Jakob.

The following famous people share the name Jakob:

• Composer Felix Mendelssohn, born Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy February 3, 1809 - November 4, 1847, Hamburg, Germany
• Fabulist Jacob Grimm, born Jakob Ludwig Carl Grimm 4 January 1785 - 20 September 1863, Hanau, Germany.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Jakob:

the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian Jacob name variations, the Estonian Jaagup meaning and origin, the Hungarian, Russian, and Slavic nicknames for Jakov, the Czech, Polish, and Slavic Jakub meaning of name, the name name Jesop, the name what does the name Jocob mean, the name nicknames for Jocobb, the Czech, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Yiddish Josef definition, the English, French, and German Joseph name popularity, the Polish Josyf name variations, the Dutch, Slavic, and Polish Jozef name, the Hungarian name József origin, the Polish Juzef name, the Greek and Russian Iakov pronounciation, the Gaelic, Irish, and Russian nicknames for Ioseph, the Greek, Russian, and Slavic what does the name Iosif mean, the name Yaaqov meaning, the name name Yackeev meaning, the name meaning of Yackiv, and the name Yacoub name variations.

The baby name Jakob fun facts:

The name Jakob in reverse order is "Bokaj".

The numerological value of the name Jakob is number 3, which means expression, verbalization, socialization, the arts, the joy of living.

How popular is Jakob?

Jakob is in the top names in USA.