Iakov - Meaning of Iakov

What does Iakov mean?

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Iakov

[ 2 syll. ia-kov, iak-ov ] The baby boy name Iakov is pronounced as YAA-KaaV †. Iakov is used chiefly in Greek and Russian. It is derived from Hebrew origins.

Iakov is a variant of the name Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian) in the Greek and Russian languages.

Iakov is also a variant of the name Yakov (Russian, Hebrew, and Slavic) in the Russian language.

See also the related categories, greek, hebrew, and russian.

Iakov is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. In 2018, among the family of boy names directly related to Iakov, Jacob was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Iakov include Jakov, Ioseph, Iosif, Jaagup, Jacob, Jakob, Jakub, Jesop, Jocob, Jocobb, Josef, Joseph, Josyf, Jozef, József, Juzef, Yaaqov, Yackiv, Yacoub, and Yacov.

† English pronunciation for Iakov: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)"