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Jakobe

Jakobe: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“supplanter”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
juh-KOHB · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

Variant spelling of Jacob, from Hebrew Ya'aqov. This exact form is a modern orthographic variant.

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How popular is Jakobe?

202445.0 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 Jakobe in 2024150

2024 rank#1,303 boys

Peak year2020

Total US babies since 18804,757

Jakobe has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Jakobe

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jacobholder of the heel; supplanter · Hebrew
  • Jakesupplanter · Hebrew
  • Jacquelinesupplanter · French
  • Yaakovsupplanter · Hebrew
  • Kobysupplanter · Hebrew
  • Jacquesupplanter · French
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew

Jakobe questions

What does the name Jakobe mean?

Jakobe means "supplanter". It comes from Hebrew. Variant spelling of Jacob, from Hebrew Ya'aqov. This exact form is a modern orthographic variant.

Is Jakobe a boy or girl name?

Jakobe is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jakobe?

150 US babies were named Jakobe in 2024. Its peak year was 2020.

How do you pronounce Jakobe?

Jakobe is usually pronounced juh-KOHB.

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.