Yacob
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning heel holder or supplanter; a form of Jacob.
Yacob by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Yacob. In the US, 18 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
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 Yacob, 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)
- Jakobehe who supplants; variant of Jacob147 in the US (2017)
- Jaycobsupplanter; a modern spelling of Jacob140 in the US (2017)
- Jacobisupplanter; a form of Jacob120 in the US (2017)
- Cobysupplanter; a form of Jacob114 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yacob. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Yacoubsupplanter; Arabic form of Jacob20 in the US (2017)
- Yacovsupplanter; a form of Jacob4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yaqubsupplanter; arabic form of Jacob121 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yakovsupplanter; Russian form of Jacob105 in the US (2017)
- Yaqoobsupplanter; a form of Jacob10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yaqoubsupplanter; a form of Jacob8 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Yacob
Names that are said the same way as Yacob, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Yakubvariant of Jacob; he who supplants9 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a supplanter
Like Yacob, 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 Yacob
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