Jachob
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAY-kub
- Origin
- Hebrew
Jachob is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter, holder of the heel”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jachob mean?
Hebrew: variant of Jacob
“supplanter, holder of the heel”
Variant spelling of Jacob, the Old Testament patriarch who fathered the twelve tribes of Israel.
Is Jachob a girl's or a boy's name?
Jachob is a boys' name.
How popular is Jachob in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Jachob in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jachob in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Nicknames for Jachob
- Jake 251 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jachob
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jacob Jakob Jesse Caleb Jake Jonah Jonas Noah Jordan Joseph Isaac Jaylen
Names related to Jachob
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Levi
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jachob: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jachob, updated 20 October 2026.