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Boy name Hebrew origin Jewish tradition

Yaakov

yah-ah-KOV · 6 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
supplanter; held by the heel; Jacob
Language
Hebrew
Culture
Jewish/Hebrew
Religion
Jewish
Style era
timeless
Themes
religious · biblical
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#978
2024 births230
Peak year2021
First appeared1948
Total US births5,770
2021 peak19481967198620052024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Yaki
Alternate spellings
JacobYakov
In other languages
Jacob (English)Yaakov (Hebrew)Yakob (Russian)

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