Jacobo
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning he who supplants; Spanish form of Jacob.
Babies a year
72
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Jacobo by the numbers
Jacobo was given to 72 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 98 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Jacob
Like Jacobo, 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)
- Jakobisupplanter; a form of Jacob113 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jacobo. 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)
- Jacobisupplanter; a form of Jacob120 in the US (2017)
- Jacobesupplanter; a form of Jacob15 in the US (2017)
- Jacobssupplanter; a form of Jacob5 in the US (2017)
- JacopoItalian form of James or Jacob3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a supplanter
Like Jacobo, 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)
Names about as common as Jacobo
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