Jakov (Serbian Cyrillic: Јаков, pronounced [jâkoʋ]) is a Croatian and Serbian masculine given name, a variant of the biblical names Jacob and James. The name Jacob is of Hebrew origin and means "God protects" and is also a Latin derivative of the original Hebrew name Jakow, which comes from the word Akev and literally translates as "heel". The name Jakov often occurs in other languages, some examples are the names James, Jacques and Diego. According to the latest population census, 11,555 people with the name Jakov live in Croatia. Often the nicknames of Jaki/Јаки, Jakša/Јакша and Jakica/Јакица will be used for people bearing the name. It may refer to:
- Jakov (bishop), Serbian medieval archbishop
- Jakov Bienenfeld, Croatian entrepreneur and developer
- Jakov Brdar, Slovenian-Bosnian sculptor
- Jakov Cindro, Croatian politician
- Jakov Fak, Croatian-Slovenian biathlete
- Jakov Filipović, Croatian football player
- Jakov Geller, Russian Grand Master
- Jakov Gojun, Croatian handball player
- Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer and conductor
- Jakov Grcić, Croatian futsal player
- Jakov Ignjatović, Serbian-Hungarian novelist and prose writer
- Jakov Lind, Austrian-British writer
- Jakov Mikalja, Italian linguist and lexicographer of Slavic ancestry
- Jakov Nenadović, Serbian military commander and politician
- Jakov Sedlar, Croatian film director and producer
- Jakov Surać, Croatian football player
- Jakov Tiefenbach, Croatian neurosurgeon
- Jakov Vladović, Croatian basketball player
- Jakov Vranković, Croatian handball player
- Jakov Xoxa, Albanian writer
- Ivan Jakov Džoni, Croatian football player
See also
References
- "Ovo se ime na Balkanu pojavilo u 13. stoljeću, a 2023. ga je dobilo čak 488 beba". www.index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-09-21.
- Čilaš Šimpraga, Ivšić Majić and Vidović. Rječnik 500 najčešćih suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena (in Croatian). Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje. p. 31.
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