Jakub

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled יעקב in IL Israel, MA Morocco, QA Qatar and 4 more, Яков in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye, Jakov in HR Croatia, HU Hungary, SI Slovenia and Yakov in US United States, BR Brazil.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Jakub is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name11K records spelled Jakub26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Cyprus, United States, Spain

  Languages: French, Greek, Spanish

  Also written Ιακωβος, Iakovos, Ιάκωβος, Iakobos, Iakōvos

• a separate given name4.8K records spelled Jakub3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland

  Also written Jákub, Jakūb

• Hindi given name238 records spelled Jakub48 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Nigeria, Indonesia, United States

  Languages: Hindi, English, Telugu

  Also written Yakub, Iyakub, ইয়াকুব, Yaqub, Ya'Kub

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Jakub is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• from the personal name Jakub, from Hebrew Jahaqobh (see Jacob).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Polish, a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English James or Jacob

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Czech, a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English James or Jacob

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, männl. Vom., tschechische, slowaki­ sche und polnische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Polish and Czech form of JACOB . Pet forms: Polish: Kuba. Czech: Jakoubek; Kuba, Kubi ek, Kube .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 53 years between 1973–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Abu Yusufb. 731IQnot in their usual nameArab Muslim Scholar and jurist (died 798)
• Al-Kindib. 801IQnot in their usual nameMuslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and physician (c.801–873)
• Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansurb. 1160MAnot in their usual nameRuler of the Almohad Caliphate from 1184 to 1199
• Yakub Kolasb. 1882BYnot in their usual nameBelarusian writer (1882–1956)
• Mateusz Morawieckib. 1968PLnot in their usual name17th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
• Jakub Blaszczykowskib. 1985PLPolish association football player
• Jakub Vadlejchb. 1990CZCzech javelin thrower
• Jakub Moderb. 1999PLPolish association football player
• Jakub Kiwiorb. 2000PLPolish footballer (born 2000)
• Jakub Kamińskib. 2002PLPolish association football player (born 2002)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 531 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jakub?

We estimate roughly 1.5 million people bear Jakub (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Jakub have the most bearers?

We estimate about 805 thousand people bear Jakub in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled yakov.

Where is Jakub most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jakub is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 50 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Jakub compared with other names?

In Qatar, Jakub is the 6th most common given name of 12,656 given names recorded there.

Is Jakub a male or female name?

Jakub is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Jakub mean?

Recorded meaning: Czech/Polish: "the supplanter"; one who takes the place of another; biblical name