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Jacob is a common male given name and a less well-known surname. It is a cognate of James, derived from Late Latin ''Iacobus'', from Greek ''Iakobos'', from Hebrew (''Yaʿaqōḇ''), the name of the Hebrew patriarch, Jacob son of Isaac and Rebecca. The name comes either from the Hebrew root ''ʿqb'' meaning "to follow, to be behind" but also "to supplant, circumvent, assail, overreach", or from the word for "heel", ''ʿaqeb''. It can also be taken to mean "may God protect."

In the narrative of Genesis, it refers to the circumstances of Jacob's birth when he held on to the heel of his older twin brother Esau (Genesis 25:26).
The name is etymologized (in a direct speech by the character Esau) in Genesis 27:36, adding the
significance of Jacob having "supplanted" his elder brother by buying his birthright.

In a Christian context, Jacob – ''James'' in English form – is the name for several people in the New Testament: (1) the apostle James, son of Zebedee, (2) another apostle, James, son of Alphaeus, and (3) James the brother of Jesus (James the Just), who led the original Nazarene Community in Jerusalem. There are several Jacobs in the genealogy of Jesus.

Modern usage

From 1999 through 2012, Jacob was the most popular baby name for boys in the United States.U.S. Social Security Administration – Popular Baby Names
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Variants

*Afrikaans – Jakob, Jakobus, Jacobus
*Albanian – Jakob, Jakov, Jakub, Jakup, Gjokë, Gjoka, Zhak
*Arabic – Yaʿqūb, Yakub (يعقوب); see also Jacob in Islam
* Aragonese – Chacobo, Chaime
*Armenian – Յակոբ (classical Armenian and Western Armenian), Հակոբ ( Eastern Armenian) (Hakob, Hagop)
*Azerbaijani – Yaqub, Yaqubun, Ceykob
*Basque – Jakobi, Jagoba
*Belarusian – Якуб, Якаў (Jakub, Jakaŭ)
*Bengali language, Bengali – জ্যাকব (Jyākob), ইয়াকুব (Iyakub)
*Bosnian language, Bosnian – Jakub (Jakup)
*Breton language, Breton – Jakob, Jakez
*Bulgarian language, Bulgarian – Яков (Yakov)
*Catalan language, Catalan – Jaume, Dídac
*Cebuano language, Cebuano – Hakob
*Chichewa language, Chichewa – Yakobo
*Chinese language, Chinese – 雅各 (Yǎgè)
*Cornish language, Cornish – Jago, Jammes, Jamma
*Corsican language, Corsican – Ghjacumu
*Croatian language, Croatian – Jakov, Jakob, Jakša
*Czech language, Czech – Jakub
*Danish language, Danish – Jakob, Jep, Jeppe (name), Jeppe, Ib
*Dutch language, Dutch – Jaak, Jaap, Jakob, Jacobus, Jacco, Jaco, Sjaak, Kobus
*English language, English – Jack, Jake, Jakob, Jaycob; see also James (name), James
*Esperanto – Jakobo
*Estonian language, Estonian – Jaak, Jaagup, Jakob
*Ethiopian language, Ethiopia – Yacob, Yacob, Yakob
*Faroese language, Faroese – Jákup
*Fijian language, Fijian – Jekope, Kope
*Finnish language, Finnish – Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jaakko
*French language, French – Jacques, Jayme, Jaume, Jacqueline (fem.)
*West Frisian language, Frisian – Japik
*Galician language, Galician – Xacobe, Santiago (name), Santiago, Iago, Xaime
*Georgian language, Georgian – იაკობ (Iakob), კობა (Koba)
*German language, German – Jakob
*Greek language, Greek – Iákovos (Ιάκωβος), Iakóv (Ιακώβ), Yángos (Γιάγκος)
*Gujarati language, Gujarati – જેકબ (Jēkaba)
*Haitian Creole – Jakòb
*Hausa language, Hausa – Yakubu
*Hawaiian language, Hawaiian – Iakopo
*Hebrew language, Hebrew –Ya'akov (יעקב), Koby, Ya'akova (female)
*Hindi – याकूब (Yākūba)
*Hmong language, Hmong – Yakhauj
*Hungarian language, Hungarian – Jakab, Jákob
*Icelandic language, Icelandic – Jakob
*Igbo language, Igbo – Jekọb
*Indonesian language, Indonesian – Yakobus (used mainly by Christians), Yakub (used mainly by Muslims)
*Irish language, Irish – Séamas, Séamus, Sésamo, Sesame, Shéamais, Iacób, Siacus
*Italian language, Italian – Giacomo (disambiguation), Giacomo, Iacopo, Jacopo, Giacobbe
*Japanese language, Japanese – Yakobu (ヤコブ)
*Javanese language, Javanese – Yakub
*Kannada – ಜಾಕೋಬ್ (Jākōb)
*Kazakh language, Kazakh – Жақып (Zhaqyp, Zhakip)
*Khmer language, Khmer – លោកយ៉ាកុប (lok yeakob)
*Korean language, Korean – Yagop (야곱)
*Kyrgyz language, Kyrgyz – Жакып (Dzhakyp)
*Lao language, Lao – ຢາໂຄບ (ya okhb)
*Latin – Iacobus
*Latvian language, Latvian – Jēkabs
*Lithuanian language, Lithuanian – Jokūbas
*Macedonian language, Macedonian – Јаков
*Malayalam – ചാക്കോ (Chacko), യാക്കോബ് (Yakob)
*Maltese language, Maltese – Ġakbu, Ġakobb
*Māori language, Māori – Hakopa
*Marathi language, Marathi – याकोब (Yākōba)
*Malay language, Malay – Akob, Yakub, Yaakub
*Mongolian language, Mongolian – Иаков (Iakov)
*Montenegrin language, Montenegrin – Jakov, Jakša
*Myanmar language, Myanmar – yarkote sai
*Nepali language, Nepali – याकूबले (Yākūbalē)
*Norwegian language, Norwegian – Jakob
*Kapampangan language, Pampangan – Hakub
*Persian language, Persian – Yaghub (یعقوب)
*Polish language, Polish – Jakub, Kuba, Jakubina and Żaklina
*Portuguese language, Portuguese – Jacó, Iago, Tiago, Thiago, Diogo, Jácomo, Jaime
*Punjabi language, Punjabi – ਯਾਕੂਬ ਨੇ (Yākūba nē)
*Romanian language, Romanian – Iacob, Iacov
*Romansh language, Romansh: Giacun, Giachen
*Russian language, Russian – Иаков (Iakov) (archaic Old Testament, O.T. form), Яков (Yakov, Iakov), Яша (Yasha, Jascha) (diminutive)
*Samoan language, Samoan – Iakopo
*Scots language, Scots – Hamish
*Scottish Gaelic – Seumas
*Serbian language, Serbian – Jakov (Јаков), Jakša (Јакша)
*Sesotho language, Sesotho – Jakobo
*Sinhala language, Sinhala – ජාකොබ් (Jakob), යාකොබ් (Yakob)
*Slovak language, Slovak – Jakub (short form: Kubo)
*Slovene language, Slovenian – Jakob [ja:kop], Jaka
*Somali language, Somali – Yacquub
*Sorbian language, Sorbian – Jakub
*Spanish language, Spanish – Jacobo, Jaime, Yago, Diego, Santiago (name), Santiago, Iago, Tiago
*Swahili language, Swahili – Yakobo
*Swedish language, Swedish – Jakob
*Sylheti language, Sylheti – য়াকুব (Yakub)
*Syriac language, Syriac – ܝܥܩܘܒ (Yaʿqub), also (Yaqo, Yaqko)
*Tagalog language, Tagalog – Hakob
*Tajik language, Tajik – Яъқуб (Ja'quʙ)
*Tamil language, Tamil – யாக்கோபு (Yākkōpu)
*Telugu language, Telugu – యాకోబు (Yākôbu)
*Thai language, Thai – เจคอบ Ce khxb, pronounced "Ja-khawb"
*Tigrinya language, Tigrinya – ያእቆብ, ያዕቆብ (Ya‘ik’obi)
*Turkish language, Turkish – Yakup
*Ukrainian language, Ukrainian – Yakiv (Яків)
*Urdu – یعقوب (Ya'kub)
*Uzbek language, Uzbek – Yoqub, Yakob, Ya'qub
*Vietnamese language, Vietnamese – Giacôbê, Giacóp
*Welsh language, Welsh – Siam, Jac, Iago
*Xitsonga language, Xitsonga – Yakobo
*Yiddish – Yankev, Yankl, Yankel, Yankele
*Yoruba language, Yoruba – Jakọbù
*Zulu language, Zulu – Jakobe

People with the name

* Patriarch Jacob of Alexandria (1803–1865), Greek Patriarch of Alexandria 1861–1865
* Saint Jakov, Archbishop of Serbs 1286–1292
* Saint Jacob of Alaska, missionary of the Orthodox Church
* Saint Jacob of Nisibis, Bishop of Nisibis
* Jacob (Book of Mormon prophet)
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See also

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*Jacob (disambiguation)

References

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