Jakub
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Jakub is the Czech form meaning “supplanter,” with Kuba as a variant.
Sources: Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book
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Usage of Jakub in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Jakub against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Jakub is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Jakub in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 36 boys were named Jakub, making it the #3240 boys' name in the US. Since 1981, 3,067 boys have been named Jakub, with the most (184) in 2008. It is most common, relative to births, in Illinois and New Jersey.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Jakub in other languages
- Diego Dutch, Italian, Spanish
- Jacob Dutch, English, Finnish
- Jacobus Dutch, Latin
- Jacques Dutch, French
- Jakob Dutch, German
- Jim Dutch, English
- Santiago Portuguese, Spanish
- Giacomo Italian
- Jaakko Finnish
- Jacco Dutch
- Jacopo Italian
- Jacó Portuguese
- James English
- Jaume Catalan
- Jiminy English
- Jokūbas Lithuanian
- Kuba Polish
- Seamus Irish
- Yacob Dutch
- Yakup Turkish
- Яков Russian
- Яків Ukrainian
- يعقوب Arabic
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Jakub
There are 2 towns and villages with Jakub in their name, in 2 countries.
🇨🇿 Czechia 1🇸🇰 Slovakia 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Jakub | Banská Bystrica Region, 🇸🇰 Slovakia | – | Map |
| Svatý Jakub | Central Bohemia, 🇨🇿 Czechia | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Celebrities named Jakub
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Jakub.
Jakub Bąk
Jakub Błaszczykowski
Jakub Gierszał
Jakub Martinec
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