Yaqub - Meaning of Yaqub

What does Yaqub mean?

[ 3 syll. ya-qub, yaq-ub ] The baby boy name Yaqub is pronounced YaaKuwaaB †. Yaqub has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in Arabic. Yaqub is a variant of Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian).

See also the related categories, hebrew and arabic.

Yaqub is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. In 2018, within the group of boy names directly related to Yaqub, Jacob was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Yaqub include Yaacov, Yaakov (Hebrew), Yakiev, Yoshivya (Hebrew), Yusup (Russian), Eusbio (Spanish), Euseby (English), Eusébio (Portuguese), Jacobi, Jacoby (Hebrew and English), Jakobe (English), Jocoby, Yoshifumi (Japanese), Eusabio, Eusavio, Eusevio, Yaacob, Yaaqov, Yackeev, and Yackiv.

† English pronunciation for Yaqub: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)"



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