Yacov
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning supplanter; a form of Jacob.
Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies
Yacov by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Yacov.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 1990, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Jacob
Like Yacov, 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)
- 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)
- 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 Yacov. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Yakovsupplanter; Russian form of Jacob105 in the US (2017)
- Yacobheel holder or supplanter; a form of Jacob3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yaakovheel holder, supplanter; Hebrew form of Jacob181 in the US (2017)
- Yacoubsupplanter; Arabic form of Jacob20 in the US (2017)
- Yanivhe will answer or god will answer8 in the US (2017)
- Yaronhe will sing; he will shout6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a supplanter
Like Yacov, 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 Yacov
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