Jacobus
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning supplanter; latin 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
Jacobus by the numbers
Jacobus was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 1997, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Jacob
Like Jacobus, 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 Jacobus. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jacobssupplanter; a form of Jacob5 in the US (2017)
- 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)
- Jacobohe who supplants; Spanish form of Jacob72 in the US (2017)
- Jacobiesupplanter; diminutive or variant of jacob17 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a supplanter
Like Jacobus, 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 Jacobus
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