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Jacob is a common male first name and a less well-known surname. From 1999 through 2012, Jacob has been the most popular baby name for boys in the United States.〔(U.S. Social Security Administration - Popular Baby Names )〕 It is a cognate of James. Jacob is derived from Late Latin ''Iacobus'', from Greek ''Iakobos'', from Hebrew (''Yaʿqob'', ''Yaʿaqov'', '' Yaʿăqōḇ''), the name of the Hebrew patriarch, Jacob son of Isaac and Rebecca. The name comes either from the Hebrew root ''ʿqb'' meaning "to follow, to be behind" but also "to supplant, circumvent, assail, overreach", or from the word for "heel", ''ʿaqeb''. In the narrative of Genesis, it refers to the circumstances of Jacob's birth when he held on to the heel of his older twin brother Esau (Genesis 25:26). The name is etymologized (in direct speech by the character Esau) in Genesis 27:36, adding the significance of Jacob having "supplanted" his elder brother by buying his birthright.〔"And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for ''he hath supplanted me'' () these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing" (KJV)〕 In a Christian context, Jacob – James as reduced English form – is the name for several people in the New Testament: (1) apostle James, son of Zebedee, (2) another apostle James, son of Alphaeus, and (3) James the Just, who led the original Messianic Community in Jerusalem. Since Jacob is also venerated as a Prophet of Islam, his name is commonly used as a male first name in Arab and Muslim societies (Arabic Yakub, Turkish Yakup). In modern English language, the term Jacobite refers to a follower of Jacobitism, the political movement dedicated to the return of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland. == Variants == *Afrikaans - Jakob, Jacob, Jakobus, Jacobus *Albanian - Jakup, Jakupi or Jakub, Jakubi *Arabic - Yaʿqūb (Yakub) (يعقوب) *Armenian - Յակոբ (classical Armenian and Western Armenian), Հակոբ (Eastern Armenian) (Hakob, Hagop) *Azerbaijani - Yaqub, Yaqubun, Ceykob *Basque - Jakobi, Jagoba *Belarusian - Якуб, Якаў (Jakub, Jakaŭ) *Bengali - জ্যাকব (Jyākaba) *Bosnian - Jakub (Jakup) *Bulgarian - Yakov (Яков) *Catalan - Jacob, Jaume, Dídac *Cebuano - Jacob *Chichewa - Yakobo *Chinese - Yǎgè 雅各 *Cornish - Jago, Jammes, Jamma *Croatian - Jakov, Jakob, Jakša *Czech - Jakub (short form: Kuba) *Danish - Jacob, Jakob, Jep, Jeppe, Ib *Dutch - Jaak, Jaap, Jakob, Jacob, Jacobus, Sjaak, Kobus *English – Jacob, Jake, Jakob, Jakeb, Jakey, Jaykob, James, Jayme, Jaime, Jamie, Jimi, Jack, Jim, Jimmy, Coby, Koby, Cubby *Esperanto - Jakobo *Estonian - Jaak, Jaagup, Jakob *Faroese - Jákup *Finnish - Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jaakko *French - Jacob, Jacques, James or Jayme, Jaume, Jacqueline (fem.) *Galician - Xacobe, Santiago, Iago, Xaime *Georgian - იაკობ (Iakob), კობა (Koba) *German - Jakob, Jacob () *Greek - Iákovos (Ιάκωβος), Iakóv (Ιακώβ), Yángos (Γιάγκος) *Gujarati - જેકબ (Jēkaba) *Haitian Creole - Jakòb *Hausa - Yakubu *Hebrew - Ya'akov (יעקב), Koby, Ya'akova (female) *Hindi - याकूब (Yākūba) *Hmong - Yakhauj *Hungarian - Jakab, Jákob *Icelandic - Jakob *Igbo - Jekọb *Indonesian - Yakub (used mainly by Muslims), Yakobus (used mainly by Christians) *Irish - Séamas, Séamus, Shéamais, Iacób *Italian - Diego, Giacomo, Jacopo, Iacopo, Giacobbe *Japanese - Yakobu (ヤコブ) *Javanese - Yakub *Kannada - ಜಾಕೋಬ್ (Jākōb) *Kazakh - Жақып (Zhaqyp, Zhakip) *Khmer - លោកយ៉ាកុប (lok yeakob) *Korean - Yagop (야곱) *Lao - ຢາໂຄບ (ya okhb) *Latin - Iacobus *Latvian - Jēkabs *Lithuanian - Jokūbas *Macedonian - Јаков *Malayalam - ചാക്കോ (Chacko), Yakob *Maltese - Ġakbu *Maori - Hakopa *Marathi - याकोब (Yākōba) *Malay - Yakub, Yaakub *Mongolian - Иаков (Iakov) *Montenegrin - Jakov, Jakša *Myanmar - yarkote sai *Nepali - याकूबले (Yākūbalē) *Norwegian - Jakob *Persian - Yaghub *Polish - Jakub (short form: Kuba) *Portuguese - Jacob, Jacó (orthographic variation of the former), Iago (from the Latin ''Jacobus''), Saint James"), Tiago saints named "James" in English are ''São Tiago'' in Portuguese), Thiago (archaic spelling), Diogo, Diego, Jaime, Jácomo (from Italian ''Giacomo''), Jaques (adapted from French), Jaqueline (fem., adapted from French) *Punjabi - ਯਾਕੂਬ ਨੇ (Yākūba nē) *Romanian - Iacob, Iacov *Russian - Иаков (Iakov) (archaic O.T. form), Яков (Yakov,Iakov), Яша (Yasha,Jascha) (diminutive) *Samoan - Iakopo, (eh-yuk-oh-po) *Scandinavian - Jakob, Jacob *Scots - Hamish *Scottish Gaelic - Seumas *Serbian - Jakov (Јаков), Jakša (Јакша) *Sesotho - Jakobo *Sinhala - ජාකොබ් (Jakob) *Slovak - Jakub *Slovenian - Jakob (), Jaka *Somalian - Yacquub *Sorbian - Jakub *Spanish - Jacob, Jacobo, Jaime, Yago, Diego, Santiago, Iago, Tiago *Sudanese - Yakub *Swahili - Yakobo *Swedish - Jakob, Jacob *Syriac - ܝܥܩܘܒ (Yaʿqub), also (Yaqo, Yaqko) *Tajik - Яъқуб (Ja'quʙ) *Tamil - யாக்கோபு (Yākkōpu) *Telugu - జాకబ్ (Jākab) *Thai - จาค็อบ (Cā kh̆ xb) *Turkish - Yakup *Ukrainian - Yakiv (Яків) *Urdu - یعقوب *Uzbek - Yoqub, Yakob, Ya'qub *Vietnamese - Giacôbê *Welsh - Siam, Jacob, Jac, Iago *Xitsonga - Yakobo *Yiddish - Yankev, Yankl, Yankel, Yankele *Yoruba - Jékọbù *Zulu - Jakobe 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jacob (name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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