Jakub
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning supplanter; polish form of Jacob.
Jakub by the numbers
In 2025, 68 babies in England and Wales were named Jakub. In the US, 76 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 England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 184 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Jacob
Like Jakub, 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)
- Yakovsupplanter; Russian form of Jacob105 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jakub. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jakobsupplanter; a form of jacob400 in the US (2017)
- Jakebsupplanter; a form of Jacob5 in the US (2017)
- Jacobsupplanter, holder of the heel13,122 in the US (2017)
- Jakobehe who supplants; variant of Jacob147 in the US (2017)
- Jakobisupplanter; a form of Jacob113 in the US (2017)
- Jakobysupplanter; a form of jacob or james58 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jakub
Names that are said the same way as Jakub, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- 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)
- Jaycub5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a supplanter
Like Jakub, 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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