Yakov
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning supplanter; Russian form of Jacob.
Yakov by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Yakov. In the US, 105 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 American peak was 114 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Jacob
Like Yakov, 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 Yakov. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Yaakovheel holder, supplanter; Hebrew form of Jacob181 in the US (2017)
- Yacovsupplanter; a form of Jacob4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yacobheel holder or supplanter; a form of Jacob3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yakubvariant of Jacob; he who supplants9 in England and Wales (2025)
- 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 Yakov, 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 Yakov
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