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Yakub
Male given name (يعقوب)
Also known as Yaʿqūb · Yaqoob · Yaqoub · Yaqub
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Male given name (يعقوب)
Also known as Yaʿqūb · Yaqoob · Yaqoub · Yaqub
39 statements · 0% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
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Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoob, Yakoub, Yoqub or Yaâkub is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb may be direct from the Hebrew or indirectly through Syriac. The name was in use in pre-Islamic Arabia and is a common given name in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a surname. It is common in Polish, Czech, Slovak, Belarusian and Bosnian languages, where it is transliterated as Jakub.