Jákup is a
Faroese masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
, a cognate of the names
Jacob and
James. People with the name Jákup include:
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Jákup á Borg (born 1979), Faroese footballer
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Jákup Dahl (1878-1944), Faroese Provost and Bible translator
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Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen (born 1932), Faroese architect
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Jákup Jakobsen, (1864-1918), Faroese linguist and literary scholar
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Jákup Jógvansson (16??-16??), Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1677 to 1679
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Jákup Mikkelsen (born 1970), Faroese footballer
Faroese masculine given names
Masculine given names
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