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Jacob

male given name
Intangible male_given_name Q25999604

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
male given name
Language of work or name
Finnish, Dutch, English[4][5][6]
Part of
Jacob[3]
Attested in
frequency of first names in the Netherlands, 2010, list of the most frequent given names at birth in Rotterdam (1811–1913), Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich[44][45]
Caverphone
YKP111[43]
Cologne phonetics
041[42]
Different from
Jacob[27]
Family name identical to this given name
Jacob[25]
Native label
Jacob[26]
Nickname
Jake, Jack, Jaap, Jac[21][22][23][24]
Patronym or matronym for this name
Jacobsen, Jacobsdatter, Jacobsdotter, Jakobsdotter, Jakobsdatter, Jacobsson, Jakobsen, Jakobson, Jakobsson, Jacobsen[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
Said to be the same as
Yakov, Yakau, Jakob, Jacques, James, Jaakko, Yakup, Santiago, Jakub, Yakub, Giacomo, Jaco, Diego, Jacobo, Jacco, Jacó, Jakez, Jacobus, Jaime, Jockel, Iacopo, Jacopo, Jokūbas, Séamus, Jim, Yaacov, Jēkabs, Yakiv, Yakov, Jakov, Iacob, Jakab, Jaume, Xacobe, Yacob, Chaime, Jakue, Iago, Yago, Jago, Diago, Diogo, Giacôbê, Joppe[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Soundex
J210[41]
Transliteration or transcription
Яков, Якоб, Джейкоб[28][29][30]
Writing system
Latin script[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jacob en Jacob (given name) en Jacob (first name) ar جاكوب ar Jacob el Τζέικομπ el Jacob fa Jacob he Yaakov he יעקב hi Jacob ja ヤコブ ja Jacob ja ジェイコブ ja ヤーコブ ja ヤーコプ ko Jacob nl Jacob (voornaam) ru Jacob ru Джейкоб
🔖 Identifiers · 6
DMNES-ID
Jacob
Dansk Navneleksikon ID
1188
FactGrid item ID
boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's light welterweight
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Jacob
Nederlandse Voornamenbank ID
Jacob
Nominis given name ID
3584/Jacob

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🔗 Connections
← Given name 998
Max Born, Daniel Radcliffe, Jacob, Jacob Zuma, Camille Pissarro, Jöns Jacob Berzelius, George Gershwin, Jake Gyllenhaal +990 more
Said to be the same as 15
James, Diego, Jakob, Jakub, Yakub, Jacques, Jaakko, Jaime +7 more
← Said to be the same as 15
James, Diego, Jakob, Jakub, Yakub, Jacques, Jaakko, Jaime +7 more
Language of work or name 3
English, Dutch, Finnish
Attested in 1
Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich
Belongs to 1
Jacob
Different from 1
Jacob
FactGrid item ID 1
boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's light welterweight
Family name identical to this given name 1
Jacob
Instance of 1
male given name
Part of 1
Jacob
Patronym or matronym for this name 1
Jacobsen
Writing system 1
Latin script
← Different from 1
Jacob
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Jacob is a male given name [1]. It is classified as an intangible entity [1].

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  1. 15d ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Yakov, Yakau, Jakob +41
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: Joppe"
  2. 4w ago · 日巫女 · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Patronym or matronym for this name → Jacobsen, Jacobsdatter, Jacobsdotter +7
    Sitelink count → 10
    Different from → Jacob
    Attested in → frequency of first names in the Netherlands, 2010, list of the most frequent given names at birth in Rotterdam (1811–1913), Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Patronym or matronym for this name: Jacobsdatter, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791108307454"
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