At a Glance: Name: Jakob – Meaning: supplanter / heel-grabber (traditional gloss); possibly originally 'may God protect' – Origin: Hebrew (Danish spelling variant of Jacob) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: YAH-kob
Jakob is a Hebrew (Danish spelling variant of Jacob) boy's name meaning “supplanter / heel-grabber (traditional gloss); possibly originally 'may God protect'”. It appears in our list of 200+ Classic Danish Boy Names That Are Seriously Scandi.
Meaning & Origin of Jakob
Meaning: Supplanter / heel-grabber (traditional gloss); possibly originally 'may God protect'.
Origin: Hebrew (Danish spelling variant of Jacob).
A common claim: Supplanter Actually: 'Supplanter' is the Bible's own folk etymology (from Jacob grasping his twin's heel in Genesis); many scholars now think the name is actually a theophoric phrase meaning 'may God protect'.
Source: Wikipedia, Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Jakob
Phonetic: YAH-kob IPA: /ˈjɑːkɒb/
Popularity of Jakob
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1957–2024.
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