| The girl name Jakoba [ syll. ja-ko-ba, jak-oba ] is pronounced JHAEKOWBah KEY. Jakoba's origin is Hebrew, and its use, German. The meaning of Jakoba is 'Yahweh may protect; holder of heel; supplanter'. Biblical name derived from yahweh 'name of God' ; aqeb 'heel' ; aqab 'to supplant, to cheat'. The generic name has been used in the Old Testament of the Bible. Also used by the twelve apostles. Jakoba is the feminine form of the Dutch, English, and Scandinavian Jacob. A form of Jakoba is the Italian Giacoma. Jakoba is uncommon as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Jakoba include the Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Josefa, the German Josepha, and the Italian Giuseppa. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Jakoba: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.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)"
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