Jacobus

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Latin form of Ιακωβος (Iakobos), a Greek form of the Hebrew name יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov) (see Jakov) [1]

Related Names

     
Iacobus Old Danish
Jaak Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jaakka Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jaakki Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jaakko Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jaakkoo Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jaakku Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jaako Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jaakob Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jaakoppi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jaaku Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Greenlandic
Jaakuppi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jaco Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Jacob Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Jacoba Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Jacobe Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Jacobus Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Jacques
Jacqueline Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Jágát Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Jágo Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Jáhko Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Jáhkot Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Jakaup Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Swedish
Jakaupr Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Norse
Jake Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jakke Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jakki Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jakob Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Old Norse Swedish
Jakoba Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese Norwegian Swedish
Jakobe Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Jakobea Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Jakobia Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Jakop Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Jakub Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Jákup Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Járre Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Járri Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Jaska Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jaskari Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jassu Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jasu Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jäkki Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kauppi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kauppo Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Koppi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Schack Danish Swedish

See also Jacobina, Jack, James, Japer

Name Day

Denmark Denmark

25 July

Further Information

Bible

In the Old Testament, Jacobus was the son of Isaak and Rebekka. His wife's name was Lea, and they had 12 children, who gave their names to the 12 tribes of Israel.

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[2] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m2.png 0 1 30 124
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 n.a. 27 n.a
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 0 33
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m2.png n.a. 5 n.a 49
  #: 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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Jacobus.

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  2. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi