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Jacoby

Jacoby: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“supplanter”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
juh-KOH-bee · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys

Jacoby is a surname-style form based on Jacob, from Hebrew Ya'aqov. It may also reflect the German or Jewish surname Jacoby meaning son of Jacob.

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How popular is Jacoby?

202444.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Jacoby in 2024146

2024 rank#1,321 boys

Peak year2008

Total US babies since 188011,154

Jacoby is fading: recent use is about 41% of its level ten years before.

Names like Jacoby

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jakobisupplanter · Hebrew
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew

Jacoby questions

What does the name Jacoby mean?

Jacoby means "supplanter". It comes from Hebrew. Jacoby is a surname-style form based on Jacob, from Hebrew Ya'aqov. It may also reflect the German or Jewish surname Jacoby meaning son of Jacob.

Is Jacoby a boy or girl name?

Jacoby is mainly a boy's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jacoby?

146 US babies were named Jacoby in 2024. Its peak year was 2008.

How do you pronounce Jacoby?

Jacoby is usually pronounced juh-KOH-bee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.