Jacob

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Male Name

Usage

Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

English and German form of Jacobus ^[1]

Related Names

See Jacobus

Name Day

Denmark

1 May

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[2]		0	n.a.	19618	n.a
Sweden[3]		0	10	9261	12090
Norway[4]		0	0	1616	2296
Finland[5]		n.a.	2	n.a	584
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[3][2][4][5]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[4]:

Sources: ^{[3] [2] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
2. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi