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 [ syll. ja-ko-ba, jak-oba ] The girl name Jakoba 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, German, and Scandinavian Jacob. Forms of the name include the Italian Giacoma, the German Jakobea, and the German Jakobine. Jakoba is uncommon as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Jakoba include the Hungarian Jakova, the Lithuanian Jieva, the Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Josefa, the German Josepha, the Polish Józefa, the Italian Giuseppa, the Hebrew Jaffa, the German Jakobea, the English Jeffie, the English Jobi, the French Joséphe, and the name Gibby. 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)"   |
