Jakob is a masculine given name that is a variant spelling of the Hebrew given name Jacob.
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| Gender | Male |
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| Meaning | "He may/will/shall follow/heed/seize by the heel/watch/guard/protect”, "Supplanter/Assailant", "May God protect" or "May he protect" |
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| Short form(s) | Jack, Jake, Jay, Jakey, Coby, Jem |
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| Related names | James, Jacob, Jakob, Jakov, Jakub, Jakeb, Ya'koub, Yakub, Yakup, Ya'qoub |
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- Jakob Ammann (1644–1712–1730), Anabaptist leader and namesake of the Amish religious movement
- Jakob Chychrun (born 1998), Canadian-American ice hockey player
- Jakob Dylan (born 1969), American singer and songwriter
- Jakob Fugger of the Lily (1459–1525), also known as Jakob Fugger the Rich
- Jakob "Jake" Gelof (born 2002), American baseball third baseman
- Jakob Kasimir Hellrigl (born 1992), known as Candy Ken, Austrian rapper and model
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen (born 2000), Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner
- Jakob Johnson (born 1994), American football player
- Jakob Junis (born 1992), American baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
- Jacob Lissek (born 1992), American soccer player
- Jakob Marsee (born 2001), American baseball player
- Jakob Oftebro (born 1986), Norwegian actor
- Jakob Poulsen (born 1983), Danish football player
- Jakob Pöltl (born 1995), Austrian basketball player
- Jakob Reinhard (1742–1787), German robber, also known as Hannikel
- Jakob Robinson, American football player
- Jakob Silfverberg (born 1990), Swedish ice hockey player
- Jakob Sølvhøj (born 1954), Danish politician
- Jakob Sporrenberg (1902–1952), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes
- Jakob Stausholm, Danish businessman
- Jakob Tanner (born 1946), Swiss wrestler
- Jakob Weiseborn (1892–1939), German Nazi SS Flossenbürg concentration camp commandant