Jakob

German, Norwegian, and Slovenian variation of Jacob, Hebrew variation of James

"supplanter"

Updated Tue Feb 03 2026

Jakob Origin and Meaning

Variation of Jacob

# 988 in the US

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Jakob Luke Dylan
American singer; son of singer Bob Dylan
Jakob Hlasek
Swiss pro tennis player
Jakob Boehme
German Christian mystic and theologian
Jakob Diemer Fuglsang
Danish cyclist
Jakob Johan Sigfrid Friis
Norwegian politician
Jakob Johann von Uexkull
German biologist
Jakob Sveistrup
Danish singer
Jakob Andreae
German Lutheran theologian
Jakob Silfverberg
ice hockey player (first syllable pronounced as Jack instead of Jake)
Jakob Danger Armstrong
son of American singer Billie Joe Armstrong
Jakob Zebedee Leaf
son of English actors Tamsin Greig and Richard Leaf

"Jakob the Liar
" 1999 film starring Robin Williams
Jakob Selander
character from "The Dung,Beetle Flies at Dusk," by Maria Gripe
Jakob
Andreas Ullstadius, character from "The Dung,Beetle Flies at Dusk," by Maria Gripe
Jakob
character from the video game "Fire Emblem Fates"

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