Jakeb
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning supplanter; a form of Jacob.
Jakeb by the numbers
Jakeb was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 74 babies in 1999, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Jacob
Like Jakeb, 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.
- Jacobysupplanter; a form of Jacob297 in the US (2017)
- 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)
- Yaqubsupplanter; arabic form of Jacob121 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jacobisupplanter; a form of Jacob120 in the US (2017)
- 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 Jakeb. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jakesupplanter; a form of Jacob1,491 in the US (2017)
- Jakobsupplanter; a form of jacob400 in the US (2017)
- Jakubsupplanter; polish form of Jacob68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jakel8 in the US (2017)
- Jamessupplanter; from Jacob14,309 in the US (2017)
- Jacobsupplanter, holder of the heel13,122 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jakeb
Names that are said the same way as Jakeb, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jakobehe who supplants; variant of Jacob147 in the US (2017)
- Jaycobsupplanter; a modern spelling of Jacob140 in the US (2017)
- Jaykobsupplanter; a modern spelling of Jacob30 in the US (2017)
- Jacobesupplanter; a form of Jacob15 in the US (2017)
- Jackobheel-grabber; a form of jacob7 in the US (2017)
- Jaicobsupplanter; a form of Jacob6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a supplanter
Like Jakeb, each of these has a supplanter in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- 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)
- Jamiehe supplants; form of james195 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jamisonson of James, supplanter749 in the US (2017)
- Jaimesupplanter; Spanish form of James665 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jakeb
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