Jacob
Primarily Male
The meaning of the name Jacob is Supplanter
The origin of the name Jacob is Hebrew
Alternate spellings: Jakob, Jakub
Notes: Common nicknames for the name Jacob include Jake, Coby, and Yaki.
Famous Jacobs include Jacob (then Israel) in the Bible’s Book of Genesis. Jacob is also a prophet from the The Book of Mormon from the Church of Latter Day Saints. Jacob of Alexandria was the patriarch from in the early 1860s. Jacob Hubner was a German entomologist and Jacob Miller was a Jamaican reggae singer.