Meaning 
The name Jakob has the following meaning: He who supplants.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.
Popularity 
As a baby boy name, Jakob is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 217 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Jakob fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 17 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 325 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Jakob in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Jakob and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Jakob: Boys - Enos, Isaac, Uriel, Girls - Carmel, Elta, Mozelle, Rebecca, Zella, Both genders - Anna, Ariel, Betty, Dagan, Dagen, Dalit
Variants 
The name Jakob is a variant of Jacob. Other popular variants of the name Jacob are: Cob, Cobb, Cobby, Coby (Dutch), Giacamo, Giacobo, Giacomo, Giacopo, Hamish, Iacopo, Iacovo, Iago, Iakob, Iakobos, Iakov, Jachym, Jacko, Jaco (Hebrew), Jacobe, Jacobey, Jacobi, Jacobie, Jacobo, Jacobs, Jacobus, Jacoby, Jacques, Jacquet, Jago, Jaime, Jake, Jakie, Jakob (Slovene), Jakobe, Jakobs, Jakov, Jakub, James, Jamesie, Jamey, Jamie, Jamsey, Jay, Jaycob, Jaykob, Jayme, Jim, Jimmie, Seamus, Shamus, Yakov
Style 
We think the name Jakob should fall under the following style category: Biblical. See other Biblical boy names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Jakob to be: Creative, intelligent and unconventional chapIn one word, you might describe Jakob as a(n) " creative" person. See other "creative" names for boys.
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