—2024 rank
2001peak year
30,384babies named Jakob since 1880
▼ 39%5-year trend
Jakob popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Jakob mean?
A German and Scandinavian spelling of Jacob, from Hebrew Ya'aqov, traditionally meaning he grasps the heel, the biblical patriarch's name.
OriginHebrew
Syllables2
Genderboy
Styleclassic, modern
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Spellings & variants
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