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[ syll. ya-qub, yaq-ub ] The boy name Yaqub is pronounced YAEK-B †. Yaqub has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in Arabic. Yaqub is a variant form of Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian). Yaqub is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly related to Yaqub, Jacob was the most regularly used. Baby names that sound like Yaqub include Yaacob, Jakub (Czech and Polish), Yaakov (Hebrew), Yaaqov, Yacov, Yakob, Yakov (Russian, Hebrew, and Slavic), 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), and Jocob.
† approx English pronunciation for Yaqub: Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)"   |
