Gender:
Origin:
Hebrew
24 famous people named Yaqub found on Wikipedia.
360 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
3022-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
3022-th in year 2018
Used in: Arabic
Yakub or Yaqub (Arabic: يعقوب, also transliterated in other ways including Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yaqub and Yakup) is the Arabic and muslim version of Jacob and James , because in fact they are the same name. He's a Prophet of Islam (see Jacob in Islam) and hence commonly used as a male given name in Arab, Turkish and Muslim societies. It is also used as a surname. Prophet Yakub was grandson of prophet Ibrahim and son of prophet Ishaq.
Supplanter; held by the heel.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Yaqub Eyyubov | 1945 | Azerbaijani politician |
2 | Yaqub Beg | 1820 | Head of the Kingdom of Kashgaria |
3 | Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar | 0840 | Founder of the Saffarid dynasty at Zaranj in what is now Afghanistan |
4 | Atta Yaqub | 1979 | Scottish actor |
5 | Yaqub Qureishi | 2000 | Indian politician |
6 | Yaqub Sanu | 1839 | Egyptian journalist |
7 | Abraham ben Jacob | Jewish historian and explorer | |
8 | Sidi Yaqub | ||
9 | Mo Yaqub | 1994 | British association football player |
10 | Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Israili | 12th-century Egyptian Jewish physician | |
11 | Yaqub Mirza | Pakistani businessman | |
12 | Jakub Bua Shpata | ||
13 | Yaqub al-Ghusayn | 1899 | Palestinian politician |
14 | Yaqub Salimov | Tajikistani politician | |
15 | Zelimxan Yaqub | 1950 | Azerbaijani poet (1950-2016) |
16 | Ya'qub Bilbul | 1920 | Israeli poet |
17 | Amr ibn Ya'qub | Amir of Sistan | |
18 | Mohammed Yusif Yaqub | Guantanamo detainees known to have been released | |
19 | Yaqub ibn Killis | 0930 | Egyptian Vizier under the Fatimids |
20 | Yaqub Kareem | Nigerian boxer | |
21 | Ya'qub ibn Dawud | ||
22 | Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Tamimi | ||
23 | Yaqub bin Uzun Hasan | ||
24 | Ali Musthafa Ya'qub | 1952 | Indonesian Grand Imam |