Jacoba
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning supplanter; feminine form of Jacob.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Jacoba by the numbers
Jacoba was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 1921, making it a 1920s name.
Other names that come from Jacob
Like Jacoba, each of these traces back to Jacob: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Jamessupplanter; from Jacob14,309 in the US (2017)
- Jacobsupplanter, holder of the heel13,122 in the US (2017)
- Jakesupplanter; a form of Jacob1,491 in the US (2017)
- Jacobysupplanter; a form of Jacob297 in the US (2017)
- Yaakovheel holder, supplanter; Hebrew form of Jacob181 in the US (2017)
- Jakobehe who supplants; variant of Jacob147 in the US (2017)
- Jaycobsupplanter; a modern spelling of Jacob140 in the US (2017)
- Yaqubsupplanter; arabic form of Jacob121 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jacoba. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a supplanter
Like Jacoba, each of these has a supplanter in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jacquelinesupplanter; feminine form of Jacques920 in the US (2017)
- Jamiehe supplants; form of james195 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jaimesupplanter; Spanish form of James665 in the US (2017)
- Jacquelynsupplanter; a feminine form of Jacob164 in the US (2017)
- Jackiesupplanter; a diminutive of Jacqueline162 in the US (2017)
- Jaclynsupplanter; a feminine form of Jacob149 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jacoba
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