Malay Names · Boy
Yaakob name meaning
“to follow (from the Hebrew root)”
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 3●●●
- First letter
- Y
- Origin
- Hebrew · Arabic
- Category
- Malay Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Arabic scriptيعقوب
25
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Yaakob
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Yaakob is a male name, the Malay spelling of Arabic Yaqub, the name of a prophet, equivalent to Jacob.
What does Yaakob mean?
About the name Yaakob
Yaakob is the Malay spelling of Arabic Yaqub, the name of a prophet in Islam. Wiktionary traces it through Syriac to a Hebrew root meaning 'to follow'. Yaakub, Yakub and Yaqub are common variants.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hebrew, Arabic |
| Syllables | Ya-a-kob |
| First letter | Malay Names starting with Y |
| Arabic script | يعقوب |
|---|
Compound names with Yaakob
Sources
- Wiktionary: يعقوب · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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