What Names Mean

Index | Jacob


Jacob: From the Hebrew Yaakob, which Tregelles translates, "taking hold of the heel, supplanter, layer of snares." Arabic, Yakoob, or Ya'kub; Danish, Jakob; Dutch, Jacob, or Jakob; French, Jacob; German, Jakob; Hungarian, Jakob; Italian, Giacobbe; Latin, Jacobus, or Jacob; Polish, Jakob; Swedish, Jakob.