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Baby Name Jacob |
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| Meaning of Jacob - What does the name Jacob means? |
| Pronunciation: |
| jay-kob |  |
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Boy Name |
| Origin: |
American |
| Name Meaning: |
From the Ecclesiastic Late Latin lacobus, which is from the Greek Iakobos, a name derived from the Hebrew Yaakov. The name has its root in ya'aqob (seizing by the heel, supplanting). The name is borne in the Bible by the father of twelve sons, who became the progenitors of the twelve tribes of Israel |
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View this name in other origins -
American, Biblical, English, Hebrew, Scandinavian, Scottish |
| Pet forms: | Jake |
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