Yaaqov - Meaning of Yaaqov

What does Yaaqov mean?

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Yaaqov

[ syll. yaa-qov, ya-aq-ov ] The baby boy name Yaaqov is pronounced as YAAAEKOWV †. Yaaqov is of Hebrew origin. Yaaqov is a form of the Russian, Hebrew, and Slavic Yakov.

See also the related category hebrew.

Yaaqov is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Yaaqov include Yackiv, Yacoub, Yacov, Yakeeve, Yakeiv, Yakeive, Yakieve, Yakiv (Ukrainian), Yakive, Yakob, Yakov (Russian, Hebrew, and Slavic), Yakup (Turkish), Yashiv (Hebrew), Yashuv (Hebrew), Yogev (Hebrew), Yosef (Arabic and Hebrew), Yosif (Slavic), Yosip, Yosipe, and Yosyp (Ukrainian).

† approx English pronunciation for Yaaqov: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)"