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Jakobi

Jakobi: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“supplanter”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
juh-KOH-bee · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys (98% of all uses)

Variant spelling of Jacoby or a form based on Jacob, from Hebrew Ya'aqov. The exact use of this spelling is mainly modern.

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How popular is Jakobi?

202433.0 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 Jakobi in 2024110

2024 rank#1,573 boys

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 18802,591

Jakobi is rising: use over the last five years is 1.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Jakobi

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jacobysupplanter · 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

Jakobi questions

What does the name Jakobi mean?

Jakobi means "supplanter". It comes from Hebrew. Variant spelling of Jacoby or a form based on Jacob, from Hebrew Ya'aqov. The exact use of this spelling is mainly modern.

Is Jakobi a boy or girl name?

Jakobi is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jakobi?

110 US babies were named Jakobi in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Jakobi?

Jakobi 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.