Iacov
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YA-kov
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
Iacov is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter; held by the heel”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies).
What does Iacov mean?
Hebrew: Romanian and Moldovan form of Jacob
“supplanter; held by the heel”
In Genesis, Jacob is renamed Israel and becomes the father of the twelve tribes.
Is Iacov a girl's or a boy's name?
Iacov is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iacov in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Iacov, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
2025 had the most boys named Iacov of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Iacov in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Iacov in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
Names like Iacov
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ezra Luca Rupert Cruz Brody Arlo Iago Rowan Axel Idris Isaac Reuben
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Benjamin Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
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, “Iacov: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iacov, updated 20 October 2026.