Meaning of name Yakov

The name Yakov has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Yakov is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Yakov for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Jacob, of which the name Yakov is a variant.

The name Yakov is very likely a(n) Hebrew variant of the name Jacob. See other suggested Hebrew boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Jacob.

The following names are baby names related to Yakov and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Yakov: Boys - Enos, Isaac, Uriel, Girls - Carmel, Elta, Mozelle, Rebecca, Zella, Both genders - Anna, Ariel, Betty, Dagan, Dagen, Dalit

The name Yakov 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

We think the name Yakov should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Yakov to be: Creative, intelligent and unconventional chap

In one word, you might describe Yakov as a(n) "creative" person.

See other "creative" names for boys.