Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoub or Yaâkub (, also transliterated in other ways; ''Yakob,'' as commonly westernized) is a male given name. It is the

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version of

Jacob Jacob, later known as Israel, is a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca. Accordingly, alongside his older fraternal twin brother E ...

and James. The Arabic form ''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb'' may be direct from the

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

or indirectly through Syriac. Jane Dammen McAuliffe (General Editor)

Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an An encyclopedia is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge, either general or special, in a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into articles or entries that are arranged alphabetically by artic ...

Volume Three : J-O The name was in use in

pre-Islamic Arabia Pre-Islamic Arabia is the Arabian Peninsula and its northern extension in the Syrian Desert before the rise of Islam. This is consistent with how contemporaries used the term ''Arabia'' or where they said Arabs lived, which was not limited to the ...

and is a common

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 ...

in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. It is common in Polish, Czech and Slovak languages, where it is transliterated as Jakub. Yakub may also refer to:

Religious figures

* Yāˈqub bin Isḥāq bin Ibrāhīm (Jacob),

prophet of Islam Prophets in Islam () are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and serve as models of ideal human behaviour. Some prophets are categorized as messengers (; sing. , ), those who transmit divine revelation, most ...

Yakub (Nation of Islam) Yakub (also spelled Yacub or Yaqub) is a figure in the mythology of the Nation of Islam (NOI) and its offshoots. According to the NOI's doctrine, Yakub was a black Meccan scientist who lived 6,600 years ago and created the white race. Accordin ...

, person described in Nation of Islam teachings as a scientist who created the white race * Yaqub al-Charkhi (1360–1360), Naqshbandi Sheykh and student of Khwaja Baha' al-Din Naqshband

Other people with this given name

Pre-modern world

:''Ordered chronologically'' * Ya'qub ibn Tariq (died c. 796), Persian astronomer and mathematician *

Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari (), better known as Abu Yusuf () (729–798) was an Qadi, Islamic jurist, as well as a student of Abu Hanifa (d.767) and Malik ibn Anas (d.795), who helped spread the influence of the Hanafi school of Sharia, Islamic ...

(729–798), chief judge during the reign of Harun al-Rashid *

Yaqub al-Mansur Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn Abd al-Muʾmin al-Manṣūr (; d. 23 January 1199), commonly known as Yaqub al-Mansur () or Moulay Yacoub (), was the third Almohad caliph. Succeeding his father, al-Mansur reigned from 1184 to 1199. His reig ...

, third Almohad ruler, who reigned from 1184 to his death in 1199 *

Yaqub Ibn as-Sikkit Abū Yūsuf Ya‘qūb Ibn as-Sikkīt () was a Persian philologist tutor to the son of the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil and a great grammarian and scholar of poetry of the al-Kūfah school. He was punished on the orders of the caliph and died be ...

(died 857), philologist tutor, grammarian and scholar of poetry *

Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar Ya'qub ibn al-Layth Saffar (; 25 October 840 – 5 June 879), was a coppersmith and the founder of the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan, with its capital at Zaranj (a city now in south-western Afghanistan). Under his military leadership, he conquered ...

(840–879), Persian leader, founder of the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan * Ya'qub ibn Killis (930–991), Egyptian vizier *

Yakub I of Germiyan Yakub I (died ) was the founder of the beylik of Germiyan, located in western Anatolia around Kütahya. Although Germiyan revolted against Mesud II (), the Sultan of Rum, Yakub accepted vassalage under Kayqubad III (). The Sultanate of Rum dis ...

(died c. 1340), founder of the Germiyanid beylik *

Yakub Çelebi Yakub Çelebi (, – 28 June 1389) was an Ottoman prince and the son of Murad I. Biography He was educated from a young age and was accustomed to administrative and military education. He made a name for himself with his courage, heroism and be ...

(c. 1362–1389), Ottoman prince, son of Sultan

Murad I Murad I (; ), nicknamed ''Hüdavendigâr'' (from – meaning "Head of state, sovereign" in this context; 29 June 1326 – 15 June 1389) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1362 to 1389. He was the son of Orhan Gazi and Nilüfer Hatun. Mura ...

Yaqub Spata Yaqub Spata or Shpata (, ) was the last Lord of Arta, ruling from 1414/15 until 1416, with a brief interval when he was evicted by the local population. His rule ended after his capture and execution by Carlo I Tocco, who proceeded to in ...

(died 1416), last lord of Arta *

Yakub II Yakub II (died January 1429), also known as Yakub Chelebi, was Bey of Germiyan in western Anatolia from 1387 to 1390, 1402 to 1411, and 1414 until his death. Yakub was the patron of several literary and architectural works produced during his r ...

(died 1429), bey of Germiyan * Yaqub al-Mustamsik (1470s–1521), figurehead caliph of the

Mamluk Sultanate The Mamluk Sultanate (), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries, with Cairo as its capital. It was ruled by a military caste of mamluks ...

Modern world

* Yacoub G. Al-Atrash, Palestinian composer and maestro *

Yacoub Al-Mohana Yacoub Yousef Al-Mohana (born March 21, 1975) is a Kuwaiti film and musical director. He had worked musical videos of the Persian Gulf region's popular vocalists such as Rashed Al-Majed, Rahma Mezher and Ali Al Badr. He was noted for his many ...

(born 1975), Kuwaiti film and music director *

Yacoub Artin Yacoub Artin (15 April 1842 – 21 January 1919) was an ethnic Armenian educator and scholar working in Egypt. He was of Armenian descent, working for the Ministry of Public Education in 1888. It was noted in a period newspaper that he was one o ...

(1842–1919), ethnic Armenian educator and scholar *

Yakub Beg of Yettishar Muhammad Yakub Beg (30 May 1877), later known as Yakub Padishah, was the Khanate of Kokand, Kokandi ruler of Yettishar (Kashgaria), a state he established in Xinjiang from 1865 to 1877. He was recognized as Emir of Yettishar by the Ottoman Em ...

(1820–1877), Emir of Yettishar * Yacoub Sidi Ethmane (born 1995), Mauritanian footballer * Yacoub Makzoume (born 1995), Syrian tennis player * Yacoub Masboungi (born 1948), Lebanese former swimmer * Yacoub Romanos (1935–2011), Lebanese wrestler * Yacoub Sarraf (born 1961), Lebanese politician * Yacoub Shaheen (born 1994), Palestinian singer * Yacoub Zaiadeen (?–2015), Jordanian politician and surgeon *

Yacub Addy Yacub Addy (15 April 1931 – 18 December 2014) was a Ghanaian traditional drummer, composer, choreographer and educator who collaborated with many musicians in various genres, including Wynton Marsalis. He has been referred to as "the leading ...

(1931–2014), Ghanaian drummer, composer, choreographer and educator * Yakub Ali Chowdhury (1888–1940), Bengali essayist * Yakub Ali, politician * Yakub Cemil, Ottoman soldier in the

1913 Ottoman coup d'état The 1913 Ottoman coup d'état (23 January 1913), also known as the Raid on the Sublime Porte (), was a coup d'état carried out in the Ottoman Empire by a number of Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) members led by Enver Pasha, Ismail Enver Bey ...

* Yakub Guznej (1892–?), Belarusian socio-political and military leader * Yakub Hasan Sait (1875–1940), Indian businessman, freedom-fighter and politician * Yakub Holovatsky (1814–1888), Galician historian, literary scholar, ethnographer, linguist, bibliographer, lexicographer, and poet * Yakub Idrizov (born 1993), Bulgarian footballer * Yakub Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Turkish diplomat * Yakub Khan Mehboob Khan (1904–1958), Indian film actor and director *

Yakub Kolas Yakub Kolas (also Jakub Kołas, , – August 13, 1956), real name Kanstantsin Mikhailovich Mitskievich (Канстанці́н Міха́йлавіч Міцке́віч, , ) was a Belarusian writer, dramatist, poet and translator. People's Poe ...

(1882–1956), Belarusian writer *

Yakub Memon Yakub Abdul Razzaq Memon (30 July 1962 – 30 July 2015) was an Indian terrorist over his financial involvements in the 1993 Bombay bombings, and the brother of one of the prime suspects in the bombings, Tiger Memon. After his appeals and petit ...

(1962–2015), Indian terrorist *

Yakub Shah Chak Ya'qūb (Yākūb) Shāh Chak (Persian: یعقوب شاہ چک) was the sixth and the last Chak Sultan of Kashmir Sultanate, who reigned from 1586 to 1589. Yakub succeeded his father Yousuf Shah Chak, under warlike conditions, after Kashmir w ...

(died 1593), last native ruler of Kashmir *

Yakub Shevki Pasha Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoub or Yaâkub (, also transliterated in other ways; ''Yakob,'' as commonly westernized) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob (name), Jacob and James (name), James. The Arabic form ''Ya'q ...

, General of the Ottoman Army and Turkish Army * Yaqoob Al-Qasmi, Omani footballer *

Yaqoob Ali Yaqoob Ali (born 5 April 1980) is a Pakistani-born Irish cricketer. He made his Twenty20 Twenty20 (abbreviated T20) is a shortened format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board ( ...

(born 1980), Pakistani-born Irish cricketer * Yaqoob Bizanjo, Pakistani politician * Yaqoob Butt (born 1988), footballer * Yaqoob Juma Al-Mukhaini (born 1982), Omani footballer * Yaqoob Salem Al-Farsi (born 1982), Omani footballer * Yaqoob Salem Eid (born 1996), Bahraini sprinter * Yaqoub Al-Balochi (born 1990), Emirati footballer * Yaqoub Alhassan (born 2001), Saudi Arabian footballer * Yaqoub Al Hosani (born 1987), Emirati footballer *

(born 1975), Kuwaiti film and musical director * Yaqoub Al Taher (born 1983), Kuwaiti footballer * Yaqoub Al-Tararwa (born 1994), Kuwaiti footballer *

Yaqoub Al-Youha Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha (; born 31 January 1993) is a Kuwaiti sprint runner specialising in the high hurdles. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships reaching the semifinals. He won silver medals at the Asian championships in ...

(born 1993), Kuwaiti sprint runner * Yaqoub Yousif (born 1997), Emirati footballer * Yaqub al-Ghusayn (1899–1947), Palestinian leader *

, Sultan of Morocco * Yaqub Ali Sharif, politician * Yaqub Eyyubov (born 1945), Azerbaijani politician *

Yaqub Kareem Yaqub Kareem (born in Lagos) is a Nigerian professional super fly/ bantam/super bantamweight boxer of the 2000s and 2010s who won the Commonwealth super flyweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. super flyweight to , i. ...

, Nigerian boxer of the 2000s and 2010s * Yaqub Mirza (born 1946), Pakistani businessman * Yaqub Qureishi, Indian politician * Yaqub Salimov, Tajik politician *

Yaqub Sanu Yaqub Sanu (, , anglicized as James Sanua), also known by his pen name "Abu Naddara" ( ''Abū Naẓẓārah'' "the man with glasses"; January 9, 1839 – 1912), was an Egyptian scriptwriter writing in Egyptian Arabic. He was a pioneer of political ...

(1839–1912), Egyptian journalist

People with this surname

Abdul Razzak Yaqoob Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (7 May 1944 – 21 February 2014) was a Pakistani gold bullion trader who founded ARY Gold in the United Arab Emirates and later ARY Media Group. Early life He was born in Surat, British India to Memon family in 1944 which ...

(1944–2014), Pakistani expatriate businessman based in Dubai * Ahmad Muin Yaacob, Malaysian convicted murderer * Aminata Aboubakar Yacoub (born 1989), Republic of the Congo swimmer * Antonio Yakoub (born 2002), Swedish footballer * Asif Yaqoob (born 1973), Pakistani cricket umpire * Atta Yaqub (born 1979), Scottish model and actor of Pakistani descent * Charles Yacoub, Lebanese-Canadian bus hijacker * Chaudhry Yaqoob, Pakistani police officer * Gabriel Yacoub (1952–2025), French musician, songwriter, and visual artist * Hala Al-Abdallah Yacoub (born 1956), Syrian cinematographer and director * Ilyas Yakoub (1903–1958), Indonesian journalist *

Jasem Yaqoub Jasem Yaqoub Sultan Al-Besara (; born 25 October 1953 in Kuwait City) is a Kuwaiti former professional Association football, footballer. He represented the Kuwait national football team, Kuwait national team at both the 1980 Summer Olympics and t ...

(born 1953), Kuwaiti footballer * Joseph Yacoub (born 1944), Syrian professor *

Magdi Yacoub Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub ( ; born 16 November 1935) is an Egyptian-British retired professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Imperial College London, best known for his early work in repairing heart valves with surgeon Donald Ross, adapting the ...

(born 1935), Egyptian-British professor * Mirza Yaqoob (born 1974), Bahraini cricketer * (1937–2011), Tunisian art historian * Mohammad Yakub, Indian cricketer *

Mohammad Yaqoob Muhammad Yaqoob Mujahid Tumzi (born 1990), commonly known as Mullah Yaqoob, is an Afghan military leader and cleric who is serving as the second deputy leader of Afghanistan and the acting defense minister in the internationally unrecognized Ta ...

(born 1990), eldest son of Mullah Mohammed Omar * Mohammed Yaqoub (disambiguation), multiple people * Muhammad Hussein Yacoub (born 1956), Arab Islamic scholar *

Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kulaynī ar-Rāzī (; ; c. 250 AH/864 CE – 329 AH/941 CE) was a Persian Shia hadith collector. Life Al-Kulayni was born in Kulayn, a village or small town situated near Rey, Iran. His fa ...

(860s–941), Persian Shia hadith collector * Muhammad Yaqub, a Pakistani banker * Musa Yakub, Bruneian military officer * Paola Yacoub (born 1966), Lebanese-born artist *

Rami Yacoub Rami Yacoub (born 17 January 1975), also known by the mononym Rami, is a Palestinian-Swedish record producer and songwriter and former member of the songwriting/production houses Cheiron Studios and Maratone. Yacoub collaborated extensively wi ...

(born 1975), Swedish-Palestinian record producer and songwriter * Reham Yacoub (1991–2020), Iraqi human rights advocate and doctor * Roman Yakub (born 1958), American composer * Rutaba Yaqub, Saudi Arabian singer * Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqoob (born 1952), Pakistani politician *

Salma Yaqoob Salma Yaqoob (born 15 August 1971) is a British political activist and psychotherapist who served as the Leader of the Respect Party from 2005 until 2012, representing the party on Birmingham City Council. She led the Birmingham Stop the War ...

(born 1971), British political activist * Septar Mehmet Yakub (1904–1991), Crimean Tatar lawyer, thinker, and spiritual leader * Sidi Yacoub (disambiguation), multiple people * Simon Yacoub (born 1989), Palestinian judoka * Souheila Yacoub (born 1992), Swiss gymnast and actress * Talat Yaqoob, a Scottish campaigner, writer, and commentator * Walaa Eldin Yaqoub (born 2000), Sudanese footballer * Waleed Yaqub (born 1974), Pakistani cricket umpire * Younes Yaqoub (born 1986), Qatari footballer * Zara Mahamat Yacoub, Chadian filmmaker, director and journalist

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