Jakob (given name)

Jakob is a masculine given name that is a variant spelling of the Hebrew given name Jacob.

Jakob

Pronunciation	/ˈdʒeɪkəb/
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	"He may/will/shall follow/heed/seize by the heel/watch/guard/protect”, "Supplanter/Assailant", "May God protect" or "May he protect"
Other names
Short form(s)	Jack, Jake, Jay, Jakey, Coby, Jem
Related names	James, Jacob, Jakob, Jakov, Jakub, Jakeb, Ya'koub, Yakub, Yakup, Ya'qoub

• Jakob Ammann (1644–1712–1730), Anabaptist leader and namesake of the Amish religious movement
• Jakob Chychrun (born 1998), Canadian-American ice hockey player
• Jakob Dylan (born 1969), American singer and songwriter
• Jakob Edsen (born 1993), Danish orienteering competitor
• Jakob Finci (born 1943), Bosnian lawyer and president of the Inter-Religious Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Jakob Fugger of the Lily (1459–1525), also known as Jakob Fugger the Rich
• Jakob "Jake" Gelof (born 2002), American baseball third baseman
• Jakob Kasimir Hellrigl (born 1992), known as Candy Ken, Austrian rapper and model
• Jakob Ingebrigtsen (born 2000), Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner
• Jakob Johnson (born 1994), American football player
• Jakob Junis (born 1992), American baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
• Jacob Lissek (born 1992), American soccer player
• Jakob Marsee (born 2001), American baseball player
• Jakob Oftebro (born 1986), Norwegian actor
• Jakob Poulsen (born 1983), Danish football player
• Jakob Pöltl (born 1995), Austrian basketball player
• Jakob Reinhard (1742–1787), German robber, also known as Hannikel
• Jakob Robinson (born 2000), American football player
• Jakob Silfverberg (born 1990), Swedish ice hockey player
• Jakob Sølvhøj (born 1954), Danish politician
• Jakob Sporrenberg (1902–1952), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes
• Jakob Stausholm, Danish businessman
• Jakob Tanner (born 1946), Swiss wrestler
• Jakob Weiseborn (1892–1939), German Nazi SS Flossenbürg concentration camp commandant

Fictional characters

• Jakob, a character from the video game Fire Emblem Fates

See also

• Jacob (name)
• Yacob, which includes a list of people with the given name Yacob, Yakob or Yaqob