Iacob
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YAH-kob
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Iacob is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “held by the heel; supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Iacob mean?
Hebrew: Romanian form of Jacob
“held by the heel; supplanter”
Jacob, son of Isaac, is the patriarch whose twelve sons gave their names to the tribes of Israel.
Is Iacob a girl's or a boy's name?
Iacob is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iacob in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Iacob, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 10 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Iacob than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Iacob in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 40 boys in the UK were given Iacob or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #781, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Iacob in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
Names like Iacob
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ezra, Jesse, Axel, Asher, Caleb, Rory, Levi, Reuben, Jonah, Elias, Noah, Arthur
Other spellings of Iacob
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Eliana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Iacob: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iacob, updated 20 October 2026.