Jakub - Meaning of Jakub

What does Jakub mean?

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Jakub

[ 2 syll. ja-kub, jak-ub ] The baby boy name Jakub is pronounced YAA-KuhP (Polish) †. Jakub has its origins in the Hebrew language, and it is used largely in Czech, Polish, and Slavic.

In addition, Jakub is a variant form of the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian Jacob in the Czech, Polish, and Slavic languages.

Variant forms of Jakub include the Polish Jakubek and the Czech and Polish Kuba.

Variant forms share the origin and meaning of the name Jakub.

See also the related categories, slavic, polish, hebrew, and czech.

Jakub is uncommon as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2018, out of the group of boy names directly related to Jakub, Jacob was the most regularly used.

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

† Pronunciation for Jakub: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; UH as in "look (L.UH.K)" ; P as in "pea (P.IY)"