Jakub

Gender
Male (Masculine | Boy)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
Supplanter, Holder of the heel, God will protect
Pronunciation
YA-koop
Yah-koob (Czech, Slovak and Hungarian), Yah-koop (Polish), YAH-kev (Ukrainian)
Popularity
Jakub is highly popular in the Czech Republic and Poland. It ranks as the 7th most popular name in the Czech Republic, and the 17th most popular name in Poland.

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Jakub Name meanings & History

Czech, Polish, Slovak, and Ukrainian. Supplanter, Holder of the heel, God will protect. Polish, Czech and Slovak form of Jacob (or James). In Polish and Slovak this refers to both the Old Testament patriarch and the New Testament apostles, while in Czech this is used only for the apostles (with Jákob for the patriarch). Jakub is commonly used as a first name for boys in the Czech Republic, Poland, and other European countries.

Zodiac Sign of Jakub: Justice Sagittarius,Joy Pisces

Synonyms of Jakub:

J: Justice,Journey,Joy,Judicial,Jester,Journal

A: Argumentative,Ambitious,Action,Angry,Aggressive,Assertive

K: Karma,Kundalini,Karate,Kind

U: Unity,Universality,Understanding,Undermining,Utopia

B: Bountiful,Brains,Beauty,Bashful

Jakub is:

  • a Classic name
  • a Formal name
  • a Mature name
  • a Natural name
  • a Serious name
  • a Simple name
  • a Strange name
  • a Strong name
  • a Wholesome name

Famous People

Jakub is a popular name, so it is challenging to list all the famous people who bear this name. Some of the famous people include Jakub Voracek, a Czech professional ice hockey player, Jakub Jankto, a Czech professional footballer, Jakub Blaszczykowski, a Polish professional footballer, and Jakub Julian Ziolkowski, a Polish contemporary artist.

2.) JAKUB (Male)

Usage:

Meanings: Czech cognate of Jacob, a name derived from the Ecclesiastic Late Latin lacomus and lacobus, derivatives of the Greek lakobos, which is from the Hebrew Yaakov. Yaakov is derived from ya‘aqob (supplanting, seizing by the heel). Pet: Jach, Jakoubek, Kuba, Kubas, Kubes, Kubicek. (YAH-KOOB)


3.) Jakub (Male)

Usage: Hebrew

Meanings: (Hebrew) forms of Jacob.

Other Forms: Jaekob, Jaikab, Jaikob, Jakab, Jakeub, Jakib, Jakiv, Jakobe, Jakobi, Jakobus, Jakoby, Jakov, Jakovian, Jakubek, Jekebs


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