The meaning and history of the name Jakob.

JAKOB

Cognate of JACOB (or JAMES).

Usage: Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, German, Norwegian, Slovene, Swedish

Short Forms: COBUS, COOS, IB, JAAK, JAAP, JAKA, JAKŠA, JEPPE, KOBE, KOBUS, KOOS

Variants: JAAGUP, JAAKOB, JACOB, JACOBUS, JAKOV, JAŠA, SJAAK

Feminine Forms: JACOBA, JACOBINA, JACOBINE, JACOMINA, ŽAKLINA

Name day:
July 15th: Germany
July 25th: Estonia, Sweden

Famous People: Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi^wiki (Mathematician, 1804, Germany), Matthias Jakob Schleiden^wiki (Biologist, 1804, Germany), Jakob Böhme^wiki (Philosopher, 1575, Poland), Jakob Roggeveen^wiki (Explorer, 1659, Netherlands), Johann Jakob Balmer^wiki (Physicist, 1825, Switzerland)

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