Jacobi

A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning supplanter; a form of Jacob.

Babies a year
120
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jacobi by the numbers

Jacobi was given to 120 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 188 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

Other names that come from Jacob

Like Jacobi, 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.

  • Yaakovheel holder, supplanter; Hebrew form of Jacob181 in the US (2017)
  • Jacquelynsupplanter; a feminine form of Jacob164 in the US (2017)
  • Jaclynsupplanter; a feminine form of Jacob149 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)
  • Cobysupplanter; a form of Jacob114 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yakovsupplanter; Russian form of Jacob105 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jacobi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jacobsupplanter, holder of the heel13,122 in the US (2017)
  • Jacobysupplanter; a form of Jacob297 in the US (2017)
  • Jakobisupplanter; a form of Jacob113 in the US (2017)
  • Jacobohe who supplants; Spanish form of Jacob72 in the US (2017)
  • Jacobiesupplanter; diminutive or variant of jacob17 in the US (2017)
  • Jacobesupplanter; a form of Jacob15 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jacobi

Names that are said the same way as Jacobi, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Jakobysupplanter; a form of jacob or james58 in the US (2017)
  • Jakobie18 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a supplanter

Like Jacobi, each of these has a supplanter in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Jamessupplanter; from Jacob14,309 in the US (2017)
  • Jamesonson of James; supplanter3,979 in the US (2017)
  • Diegosupplanter; a form of James3,095 in the US (2017)
  • Jaycehe supplants; a modern respelling of James2,951 in the US (2017)
  • Jakesupplanter; a form of Jacob1,491 in the US (2017)
  • Jamiehe supplants; form of james195 in England and Wales (2025)

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