How to pronouce Jacob
Jacob ARPAbet pronounciation: JH EY1 K AH0 B
Jacob IPA pronounciation: ˈʤeɪkəb
Jacob
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How to pronouce, type, and say Jacob
See how to say, spell, type, and pronounce Jacob.
How to spell and type Jacob
Jacob in readable ASCII: jacob
Jacob in hex: jacob
What does the name Jacob mean?
Literal translations for the name Jacob.
What does Jacob mean in English?
Jacob n 1: French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920) [syn: {Jacob}, {Francois Jacob}] 2: (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')
What does Jacob mean in French?
Jacob /ʒakɔb/ <n> Jacob
What does Jacob mean in Dutch?
Jacob /jakɔp/ Jacob
Where is the name Jacob popular?
See what countries the name Jacob is most popular in.
A person named Jacob is likely from one of the following countries:
- Australia 🇦🇺 (boy)
- Canada 🇨🇦 (boy)
- Denmark 🇩🇰 (boy)
- France 🇫🇷 (boy)
- Ireland 🇮🇪 (boy)
- Netherlands 🇳🇱 (boy)
- New Zealand 🇳🇿 (boy)
- Norway 🇳🇴 (boy)
- Sweden 🇸🇪 (boy)
- United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (boy)
- United States 🇺🇸 (boy)
Can Jacob be a boys name?
See where Jacob is used as a boys name.
Jacob is sometimes used as a boys name in the following countries:
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇺🇸 United States
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Jacob popularity by country
See how popular Jacob is for boys or girls in 11 country data sets.
In 2019 Jacob was the 119th most popular boys name in Netherlands.
In 2019 Jacob was the 23rd most popular boys name in Australia.
In 2019 Jacob was the 96th most popular boys name in Sweden.
In 2018 Jacob was the 13th most popular boys name in Canada.
In 2018 Jacob was the 13th most popular boys name in United States.
In 2018 Jacob was the 465th most popular boys name in France.
In 2019 Jacob was the 27th most popular boys name in New Zealand.
In 2018 Jacob was the 53rd most popular boys name in Norway.
In 2019 Jacob was the 38th most popular boys name in Ireland.
In 2014 Jacob was the 36th most popular boys name in Denmark.
In 2018 Jacob was the 11th most popular boys name in United Kingdom.
What ethnicity is the name Jacob?
Global data on the ethnicity of the name Jacob.
What ethnicity is someone with the name Jacob likely to be?
- Jacob has a 0.32% chance of being East Asian
- Jacob has a 0.35% chance of being Japanese
- Jacob has a 0.94% chance of being South Asian
- Jacob has a 1.25% chance of being African
- Jacob has a 0.84% chance of being Muslim
- Jacob has a 6.80% chance of being British
- Jacob has a 3.55% chance of being Eastern European
- Jacob has a 73.00% chance of being Jewish
- Jacob has a 3.01% chance of being French
- Jacob has a 4.21% chance of being Germanic
- Jacob has a 2.34% chance of being Hispanic
- Jacob has a 2.01% chance of being Italian
- Jacob has a 1.37% chance of being Nordic
Jacob Probabilities
Gender, generation, birth year, and other predictions for the name Jacob.
What is the most common profile of a person named Jacob
Someone with the name Jacob was most likely born in 1998.
Someone with the name Jacob is most likely to be male.
Someone with the name Jacob is most likely from this generation: Generation Z.
What names are similar to the name Jacob?
Find similar names to Jacob.
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