What is the meaning of the name Jacob?

The meaning of the name Jacob is "he who supplants". The origin of the name is "Hebrew". The name Jacob is mostly used as a boys name.

Right pronunciation of Jacob

\j(a)-cob\

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Jacob is a really popular first name for boys (#122) and also really popular as a last name (#1894). Users of our site ranked the name with a 4.0 (1 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this boys name above or write a comment on the name Jacob.

How popular is the name Jacob?

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The year 1998 was for Jacob a very good year. In that year there were 36007 births with the name Jacob. Find out if Jacob is in the top 100 boys names 1998 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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