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In 2022, it was the 12th most popular name given to boys in Canada.
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1254:(1803–1865), Greek Patriarch of Alexandria 1861–1865
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1421:"Meaning, origin, and history of the name Jacob"
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1361:"Meaning, origin and history of the name Jacob"
405:– Jakob, Jakobus, Jacobus, Koos, Kobus, Cobus
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694:–Ya'akov (יעקב), Koby, Ya'akova (female)
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1406:, University of Chicago Press (1978),
1217:– Yankev, Yankl, Yankel, Yankele, Kopl
1160:– เจคอบ Ce khxb, pronounced "Ja-khawb"
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1321:All pages with titles beginning with
1311:All pages with titles beginning with
1294:All pages with titles beginning with
1284:All pages with titles beginning with
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1130:– ܝܥܩܘܒ (Yaʿqub), also (Yaqo, Yaqko)
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1046:– ජාකොබ් (Jakob), යාකොබ් (Yakob)
362:In a Christian context, Jacob –
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1520:Scottish masculine given names
1278:Jacob (Book of Mormon prophet)
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1510:English masculine given names
1252:Patriarch Jacob of Alexandria
438:Reformed Armenian orthography
1550:Danish masculine given names
1535:German masculine given names
1505:Hebrew masculine given names
652:– იაკობ (Iakob), კობა (Koba)
314:, and a major figure in the
310:, biblical patriarch of the
1540:Dutch masculine given names
1525:Welsh masculine given names
1515:Irish masculine given names
458:– Якуб, Якаў (Jakub, Jakaŭ)
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809:– លោកយ៉ាកុប (lok yeakob)
803:– Жақып (Zhaqyp, Zhakip)
446:– Yaqub, Yaqubun, Ceykob
797:- یعقوب (Yākūb, Yạ̄kūb)
370:, (2) another apostle,
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1340:Jacob (disambiguation)
1193:– Yoqub, Yakob, Ya'qub
978:– ਯਾਕੂਬ ਨੇ (Yākūba nē)
972:, Diogo, Jácomo, Jaime
372:James, son of Alphaeus
263:is a common masculine
1500:Masculine given names
1435:he hath supplanted me
891:– Akob, Yakub, Yaakub
734:– Yakub, Jacob, Yacob
506:– Jago, Jammes, Jamma
368:James, son of Zebedee
1234:People with the name
1148:– யாக்கோபு (Yākkōpu)
915:– याकूबले (Yākūbalē)
351:In the narrative of
43:Isaac Blessing Jacob
27:Masculine given name
1402:Jonathan Z. Smith,
1274:, Bishop of Nisibis
867:), യാക്കോബ് (Yakob)
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1560:Jewish given names
1423:. Behind the Name.
1246:Jakob (given name)
380:genealogy of Jesus
18:Jacob (given name)
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1469:Statistics Canada
1205:– Siam, Jac, Iago
1199:– Giacôbê, Giacóp
1154:– యాకోబు (Yākôbu)
990:: Giacun, Giachen
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1366:13 February
1258:Saint Jakov
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500:– 雅各 (Yǎgè)
444:Azerbaijani
282:, from the
219:, Ya'qoub,
211:, Ya'koub,
154:Other names
1489:Categories
1474:2024-08-25
1346:References
1244:See also:
1197:Vietnamese
954:Portuguese
863:– ചാക്കോ (
855:Macedonian
846:Lithuanian
740:– Iácóib,
732:Indonesian
642:– Xacobe,
565:, Jaycob,
512:– Ghjacumu
456:Belarusian
436:), Հակոբ (
374:, and (3)
312:Israelites
265:given name
108:Late Latin
1296:Jacob the
1179:Ukrainian
1064:– Yacquub
1056:Slovenian
1025:– Iàcob,
936:– Yaqub,
928:Pampangan
919:Norwegian
895:Mongolian
861:Malayalam
833:– Iacobus
716:Icelandic
710:Hungarian
706:– Yakhauj
576:Esperanto
474:Bulgarian
432:– Յակոբ (
424:Aragonese
403:Afrikaans
302: (
184:, Jakey,
127: (
103:Word/name
49:painting.
1304:See also
1286:Jacob of
1229:– Jakobe
1223:– Jakọbù
1211:– Yakobo
1209:Xitsonga
1164:Tigrinya
1112:– Yakobo
1093:Santiago
1040:– Jakobo
1006:– Iakopo
982:Romanian
879:– Hakopa
795:Kashmiri
783:Javanese
777:Japanese
768:Giacobbe
688:– Iakopo
686:Hawaiian
682:– Yakubu
668:Gujarati
650:Georgian
644:Santiago
640:Galician
596:Ethiopia
582:Estonian
578:– Jakobo
516:Croatian
510:Corsican
494:– Yakobo
492:Chichewa
430:Armenian
409:Albanian
397:Variants
233:Santiago
1215:Yiddish
1170:Turkish
1136:– Hakob
1134:Tagalog
1122:Sylheti
1118:– Jakob
1116:Swedish
1110:Swahili
1077:Spanish
1068:Sorbian
1044:Sinhala
1038:Sesotho
994:Russian
988:Romansh
976:Punjabi
940:(یعقوب)
938:Yaghoub
934:Persian
930:– Hakub
907:Myanmar
883:Marathi
871:Maltese
857:– Јаков
850:Jokūbas
837:Latvian
789:Kannada
785:– Yakub
756:Giacomo
752:Italian
728:– Jekọb
722:, Jakop
676:– Jakòb
658:– Jakob
636:– Japik
634:Frisian
622:Finnish
612:, Jakku
606:Faroese
592:, Jakob
547:English
504:Cornish
498:Chinese
488:– Hakob
486:Cebuano
480:Catalan
462:Bengali
353:Genesis
342:subject
304:Yaʿaqōḇ
300:יַעֲקֹב
293:Iakobos
288:Ἰάκωβος
280:Iacobus
273:English
253:Jacques
136:Meaning
129:Yaʿakov
125:יַעֲקֹב
121:Iakobos
116:Ἰάκωβος
111:Jacobus
45:, 1638
1270:Saint
1263:Saint
1221:Yoruba
1152:Telugu
1128:Syriac
1081:Jacobo
1062:Somali
1050:Slovak
1027:Seumas
1014:Hamish
1004:Samoan
970:Thiago
944:Polish
913:Nepali
865:Chacko
841:Jēkabs
819:Kyrgyz
813:Korean
801:Kazakh
772:Giacco
764:Jacopo
760:Iacopo
746:Séamus
742:Séamas
692:Hebrew
656:German
628:French
616:Fijian
590:Jaagup
567:Jacoby
531:Danish
468:Breton
450:Basque
415:Arabic
346:object
297:Hebrew
269:Hebrew
237:Jacobo
148:Israel
98:Origin
90:Gender
1408:p. 33
1333:Jakub
1323:Jakob
1313:Jacob
1203:Welsh
1191:Uzbek
1174:Yakup
1146:Tamil
1140:Tajik
1105:Jaime
1101:Diego
1097:Tiago
1072:Jakub
1018:Jamie
1010:Scots
966:Tiago
948:Jakub
923:Jakob
889:Malay
877:Māori
831:Latin
807:Khmer
738:Irish
720:Jakob
704:Hmong
698:Hindi
680:Hausa
662:Greek
610:Jákup
600:Yacob
571:James
551:Jakob
541:Dutch
535:Jeppe
526:Jakub
522:Czech
364:James
334:ʿaqeb
330:עֲקֵב
308:Jacob
284:Greek
277:Latin
261:Jacob
245:Jamie
241:Jaime
229:Tiago
225:Cobie
221:Kafka
217:Yakup
213:Yakub
209:Jakub
205:Jakov
201:Jakob
197:James
188:, Jem
163:Jakob
31:Jacob
1368:2017
1227:Zulu
1185:Urdu
1158:Thai
1089:Iago
1085:Yago
998:O.T.
962:Iago
958:Jacó
726:Igbo
586:Jaak
559:Jake
555:Jack
537:, Ib
357:Esau
186:Coby
178:Jake
174:Jack
93:Male
825:Lao
563:Jay
325:ʿqb
321:עקב
267:of
249:Jim
182:Jay
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