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Jacobus - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jacobus

[ 3 syll. ja-co-bus, jac-ob-us ] The boy name Jacobus is pronounced JHahKOWBahS KEY. Jacobus' language of origin is Hebrew and it is used largely in the Dutch language. Jacobus is a variant of Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian).

Jacobus is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Jacobus, Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Jacobus include Jakobus (German), Josephus (Latinized), Jovica (Slavic), Javas, and Jekebs (Lithuanian).

KEY: English pronunciation for Jacobus: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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