Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub or Yakoub (Arabic: يعقوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the
Arabic version of
Jacob and
James. The Arabic form Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb may be direct from the
Hebrew or indirectly through
Syriac.[1] The name was in use in
pre-Islamic Arabia[1] and is a common
given name in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a
surname. It is common in Polish, Czech and Slovak languages, where it is transliterated as Jakub.
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Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub or Yakoub (Arabic: يعقوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the
Arabic version of
Jacob and
James. The Arabic form Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb may be direct from the
Hebrew or indirectly through
Syriac.[1] The name was in use in
pre-Islamic Arabia[1] and is a common
given name in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a
surname. It is common in Polish, Czech and Slovak languages, where it is transliterated as Jakub.
Look up Jakub or Yacoub in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Name list
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name or the same
family name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.