Jackob
Boy · YAH-kob · Hebrew
Jackob is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “heel-holder, supplanter”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jackob mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jakob; German and Scandinavian form of Jacob
“heel-holder, supplanter”
Jakob Grimm and his brother Wilhelm collected the famous Grimms' fairy tales.
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- YAH-kob
Meaning borrowed from Jakob. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jackob a girl's or a boy's name?
Jackob is a boys' name.
How popular is Jackob 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 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Jackob in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jackob in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Names like Jackob
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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