Yaghoub () is a Persian masculine given name and surname, a form 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 ...
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Notable people with the name include:
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Given name
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Yaghoub Karimi
Yaghoub Karimi (; August 31, 1991) is an Iranian football midfielder.
Club career
Pas
He joined Pas in the summer 2003 from the youth academy. He played five seasons for Pas youth team.
Esteghlal
In summer 2009, Karimi joined Esteghlal. He ...
(born 1991), Iranian footballer
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Yaghoub Sahaf (born 1946), Iranian composer, pianist and musical teacher
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Yaghoub Ali Shourvarzi (1924–1999), Iranian wrestler
Surname
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Muhammad Yaghoub (born 1947), Pakistani wrestler
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Zahra Bani Yaghoub (1980–2007), Iranian medical doctor
See also
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Ezra Yaghoub Synagogue
The Ezra Yaghoub Synagogue () is an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Old Jewish Quarter, in the Oudlajan neighborhood of Tehran, Iran. Completed in 1895, the synagogue is one of oldest synagogu ...
, a synagogue in Tehran, Iran
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Yakub
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 and James. The Arabic form ''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb'' may be direct ...
, the Arabic form of Jacob
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Yakup, the Turkish form of Jacob
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Masculine given names
Persian masculine given names
Persian-language surnames
Surnames from given names