Jakobi

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

Babies a year
113
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies

Jakobi by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Jakobi. In the US, 113 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

Other names that come from Jacob

Like Jakobi, 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)
  • 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)
  • Kobysupplanter; a form of Jacob or Jacoby60 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Jakobsupplanter; a form of jacob400 in the US (2017)
  • Jakobehe who supplants; variant of Jacob147 in the US (2017)
  • Jacobisupplanter; a form of Jacob120 in the US (2017)
  • Jakobysupplanter; a form of jacob or james58 in the US (2017)
  • Jakobie18 in the US (2017)
  • Jakori16 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jakobi

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

  • Jacobysupplanter; a form of Jacob297 in the US (2017)
  • Jacobiesupplanter; diminutive or variant of jacob17 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a supplanter

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

  • Jamessupplanter; from Jacob14,309 in the US (2017)
  • Jacobsupplanter, holder of the heel13,122 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)

Names about as common as Jakobi

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