Yakov name - Meaning of Yakov
- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 2
- Usage
- Hebrew, Russian, Bulgarian
- Pronounced
- YAH-kahf (Russian)
- Yakov Meaning
- Russian and Bulgarian form of Jacob (or James), and a Hebrew variant transcription of Yaakov. Yakov is a Hebrew, Russian and Bulgarian form of Jacob. Jacob is derived from the Hebrew name "Yaakov", which means "following after". This is derived from the Hebrew words "Yahweh", which means "God", and "aqeb", which means "heel". In the Bible, Jacob was born after Esau, holding after Esau"s heel.
Yakov Related Names
Variants: Yaakov, Akiba, Akiva (Hebrew)
Diminutives: Kapel, Koppel, Yankel (Yiddish), Yasha (Russian)
Other Languages: Yakub, Yaqub (Arabic), Hagop, Hakob (Armenian), Jakes (Basque), Jacob, James (Biblical), Iakobos (Biblical Greek), Yaakov (Biblical Hebrew), Iacobus (Biblical Latin), Jaume, Jaumet (Catalan), Jago (Cornish), Jakov, Jakob, Jakša (Croatian), Jakub (Czech), Jacob, Jakob, Ib, Jeppe (Danish), Jacob, Jacobus, Jakob, Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Kobe, Kobus, Koos, Sjaak, Sjakie (Dutch), Jacob, James, Coby, Jae, Jake, Jamey, Jay, Jaycob, Jaymes, Jeb, Jem, Jemmy, Jim, Jimi, Jimmie, Jimmy, Koby (English), Jaagup, Jakob, Jaak, Jaakob (Estonian), Jaakko, Jaakoppi, Jaska (Finnish), Jacques (French), Japik (Frisian), Iago (Galician), Iakob, Koba (Georgian), Jakob (German), Iakopa, Kimo (Hawaiian), Jakab, Jákob (Hungarian), Séamus, Shamus, Sheamus, Séamas (Irish), Giacobbe, Giacomo, Jacopo, Iacopo, Lapo (Italian), Iacomus, Jacobus (Late Roman), Jokūbas (Lithuanian), Jakov (Macedonian), Hemi (Maori), Jacob, Jakob (Norwegian), Jakub, Kuba (Polish), Jaime, Iago, Jacó (Portuguese), Seumas, Jamie (Scottish), Jakov (Serbian), Jakub (Slovak), Jakob, Jaka, Jaša (Slovene), Jacobo, Jaime, Yago (Spanish), Jacob, Jakob (Swedish), Yakup (Turkish), Yakiv (Ukrainian), Iago (Welsh)
Yakov Celebrities
Yakov Smirnoff - comic,
