Jacob (name)

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Jacob is a Hebrew male given name , which is also used as a family name. It comes from the Bible and mainly refers to the ancestor of the Israelites Jacob ( יַעֲקֹב Yaʿakov ). The name also appears in the spelling Jacob (see Jacob (first name) and Jacob (family name) ) and Latinized as Jakobus and Jacobus .

Origin meaning

The original Hebrew form יַעֲקֹב Yaʿakov has its etymological roots in the Hebrew wordעָקֵב akew 'heel'. Thus the name means something like "heel holder", as confirmed by Gen 25.26  EU . According to another opinion, Yaʿakov means as a sentence: "(God) protects / protect".

Name forms

The German form Jakob originated from the ancient Greek Ιάκωβος Iákōbos and the Latin Iacobus . The latter form was used in German-speaking countries until the Middle Ages . Female variants include Jacqueline , Jacoba and Jakobe . The family name comes in the forms Jacob , Iacob , Jakobeit (also Jacobeit or Jakubeit ), Jacobs , Jakobs , Jacobsen , Jacobsohn , Jacobi or Jacoby . Short forms are for example Jaki, Koebi, Jako.

In German dialects and West Germanic languages

In European languages

In part of the Slavic-speaking area, the name Jakob is also common under the name Жеков (Shekow, Zhekov, Jekov) .

In languages ​​of other continents

Bearer of the first name

New Testament

Others

Bearer of the family name

Fictional characters

Meanings derived from name

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Horst Seebaß: Art. "Jakob". In: Manfred Görg, Bernhard Lang (Hrsg.): Neues Bibellexikon Vol. II. Benziger, Zurich, 1995, ISBN 3-545-23075-9 , Sp. 272.
  2. ↑ First name hit list Slovenia, accessed on November 1, 2019.