masculine Jacob

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Origin:
hebrew
Name Root:
Yaʿăqōḇ > Yaʿakov
Meaning:*
This name derives from the Late Latin “Iacobus,” from the Ancient Greek “Iákōbos (Ἰάκωβος),” meaning “supplanter, held by the heel, heel-grabber, leg-puller.” In turn, the name derives from the Hebrew root “ʿqb > Yaʿakov,” meaning “to follow, to be behind,” and it referred to the circumstances of Jacob’s birth when he held on to the heel (Hebrew: ʿaqeb) of his older twin brother Esau. As described in the Hebrew Bible, Jacob, the Talmud, the New Testament, the Koran, and the scriptures of Baha’i as the third patriarch of the Jewish people with whom God made a covenant and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, who took their names from his descendants. In the Hebrew Bible, Jacob is Isaac and Rebecca’s son, and grandson of Abraham, Sarah, and Bethuel. Jacob is honored as a prophet of Islam; in fact, the name is commonly used as a baptismal name in Arabic and Muslim societies.

Usage

danish
danish
dutch
dutch
english
english
estonian
estonian
faroese
faroese
finnish
finnish
french
french
german
german
greenlandic
greenlandic
irish
irish
norwegian
norwegian
old swedish
old swedish
swedish
swedish
welsh
welsh

Use in other languages

english
danish
dutch
finnish
german
middle english
norwegian
old norse
old swedish
swedish
albanian
croatian
estonian
greenlandic
icelandic
slovene
arabic
belarusian
bulgarian
hebrew
russian
french
hungarian (magyar)
italian
spanish
turkish
ukrainian
irish
scottish
welsh
basque
filipino
portuguese
catalan
bosnian
czech
polish
slovak
serbian
greek
breton
old french
armenian
georgian
kazakh
latvian
lithuanian
faroese
frisian
ancient greek
hawaiian
latin
Italian (Medieval)
middle french
ancient germanic

Where is the name Jacob popular?

International Interest for Jacob

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world popularity of Jacob

Popularity & Ranking

United States Ranking #32


Namedoctor Weekly Ranking #241

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New Age Curiosities

Numerological Values: #4

Order, practicality, sincerity and hard work are some of the character traits associated with this number. A number 4 person is disciplined, serious, honest and will work steadily to achieving his goal. Such a person can bring order to an otherwise chaotic situation.

Chakra Number: #4
Heart Chakra "Anahata"

Green is the main heart chakra color. It is the color of healing, balance, tranquility, and serenity. Green brings wholeness to our lives and it is the color most frequently found in nature. Learn more about this color and discover its meaning.

Color meaning: Green

The color green is the color of balance and harmony. From a color psychology perspective, it is the great balancer of the heart and the emotions, creating equilibrium between the head and the heart. From a meaning of colors perspective, green is also the color of growth, the color of spring, of renewal and rebirth. It renews and restores depleted energy. It is the sanctuary away from the stresses of modern living, restoring us back to a sense of well being. This is why there is so much of this relaxing color on the earth, and why we need to keep it that way.

Name Songs

According to: itunes

Song
Artist
laisse parler jacob
agnÈs capri
jacob marc hait
charlÉlie couture
la fille de jacob
charles dumont
jacob's ladder - not in my name
chumbawamba
mahmoud et jacob
colette magny
jacob's ladder
huey lewis & the news
rabbi jacob
marcel feat. son orchestre
esther et jacob
natacha ezdra
jacob's ladder
rush

Notable People and Personalities

Jacob A. Marinsky, Chemist
Jacob Arabo, Hip Hop Artists
Jacob Baxter, Canadian Politician
Jacob Ben Asher, Rabbi, Talmudist
Jacob Emden, Rabbi
Jacob Epstein, American Sculptor
Jacob Finkelstein (jackie Fields), American World Champion Welterweight
Jacob Grimm, German Philologist
Jacob J. Shubert, Theater Producer
Jacob Kogan, American Child Actor
Jacob L. Devers, American General
Jacob M. Appel, Bioethicist
Jacob Maris, Dutch Painter
Jacob Moon, Canadian Folk Musician
Jacob Neusner, Academic Scholar Of Judaism
Jacob Riis, Danish-american Muckraker Journalist, Photographer, And Social Reformer
Jacob Thompson, Former Us Congressman