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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Hebrew: The supplanter
  2. French: Supplanter; substitute

First name variations: Jakob, Jacobo, Jacopo, Jacoba, Jacobson, Jacobi, Jacobine, Jacobina, Jayme, Jacinto, Jascha, Jake, Jackob, Jakub, Jack, Jackson, Jeb, Cob, Cobb, Giacobo, Giacomo, Iago, Iacovo, Yago, Yaacov, Yacov, Yakov, Jaccob, Jachob, Jaco, Jacobb, Jacub, Jaecob, Jaicob, Jalu, Jecis, Jeks, Jeska, Jocek, Jock, Jocob, Jocobb, Jokubus, Jacob, Jaques, Jacquel, Jacque, Jacquan, Jackques, Jackquise, Jacot, Jacquees, Jacquese, Jacquess, Jacquet, Jacquett, Jacquis, Jacquise, Jarques, Jarquis, Jacquez, Jaquez, Jaquese, Jaqueus, Jaqueze, Jaquis, Jaquise, Jaquze

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. French and English: from the Old French personal name Jacques, the usual French form of Latin Jacobus (see Jacob). The English surname is either a late introduction from France or a Frenchification of Jakes. In English this surname is traditionally pronounced as two syllables, jay-kwez.
  2. A bearer of the name from Picardy, France, is recorded in Quebec City in 1688.

This name appears in the following lists: Pioneers/Explorers