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Yakov - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Yakov

[ 2 syll. ya-kov, yak-ov ] The boy name Yakov is pronounced YAAKAOV KEY. Yakov's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in Russian. Yakov is a variation of Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian).

Yakov is an uncommon baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly related to Yakov, Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Yakov include Yakup (Turkish), Yosef (Hebrew), Yosif (Slavic), Yousef (Arabic and Yiddish), Youssef (Arabic), Yousuf (Arabic), Yusef (Arabic), Yusif (Russian), Yusuf (Arabic and Swahili), Yusup (Russian), Yuzef (Russian), Iosif (Greek, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic), Juzef (Polish), Yaqub (Arabic), Euseby (English), Jacobo (Spanish), Jakub (Czech and Polish), Eusebio (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), and Eusébio (Portuguese).

KEY: English pronunciation for Yakov: Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)"


 
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