Akiba

  • [ ah-KEE-vah ]
  • Hebrew
Form of YAAKOV. Akiba ben Joseph was a prominent 1st-century Jewish sage.

YAAKOV   male   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JACOB.
JACOB   male   English, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Jewish, Biblical
From the Latin Iacobus, which was from the Greek Ιακωβος (Iakobos), which was from the Hebrew name יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov). In the Old Testament Jacob (later called Israel) is the son of Isaac and Rebecca and the father of the twelve founders of the twelve tribes of Israel. He was born holding his twin brother Esau's heel, and his name is explained as meaning "holder of the heel" or "supplanter", because he twice deprived his brother of his rights as the firstborn son (see Genesis 27:36). Other theories claim that it is in fact derived from a hypothetical name like יַעֲקֹבְאֵל (Ya'aqov'el) meaning "may God protect".

The English names Jacob and James derive from the same source, with James coming from Latin Iacomus, a later variant of Iacobus. Unlike English, many languages do not have separate spellings for the two names.

In England, Jacob was mainly regarded as a Jewish name during the Middle Ages, though the variant James was used among Christians. Jacob came into general use as a Christian name after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was Jacob Grimm (1785-1863), the German linguist and writer who was, with his brother Wilhelm, the author of 'Grimm's Fairy Tales'.
EQUIVALENTS
ARABIC: Yakub, Yaqoob, Yaqub
ARMENIAN: Hagop, Hakob
BASQUE: Jakes
BIBLICAL GREEK: Iakobos
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Yaakov
BIBLICAL LATIN: Iacobus
BIBLICAL: Jacob, James
BULGARIAN: Yakov
CATALAN: Jaume
CORNISH: Jago
CROATIAN: Jakov
CZECH: Jakub
DANISH: Jacob, Jakob
DUTCH: Jacob, Jacobus, Jakob, Sjaak
ENGLISH: Jacob, James, Jaycob, Jaymes
ESTONIAN: Jaagup, Jaakob
FAROESE: Jákup
FINNISH: Jaakob, Jaakoppi
FRENCH: Jacques
GALICIAN: Iago
GEORGIAN: Iakob
GERMAN: Jakob
HAWAIIAN: Iakopa, Kimo
HEBREW: Akiva, Yaakov, Yakov
HUNGARIAN: Jakab, Jákob
ICELANDIC: Jakob
IRISH: Séamas, Séamus, Shamus, Sheamus
ITALIAN: Giacobbe, Giacomo, Iacopo, Jacopo
JEWISH: Jacob
LATE ROMAN: Iacomus, Jacobus
LITHUANIAN: Jokūbas
MACEDONIAN: Jakov
MAORI: Hemi
NORWEGIAN: Jacob, Jakob
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Iakovu
POLISH: Jakub
PORTUGUESE: Iago, Jacó, Jaime
RUSSIAN: Yakov
SCOTTISH: Seumas
SERBIAN: Jakov
SLOVAK: Jakub
SLOVENE: Jakob
SPANISH: Jacobo, Jaime, Yago
SWEDISH: Jacob, Jakob
TURKISH: Yakup
UKRAINIAN: Yakiv
WELSH: Iago
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
CATALAN: Jaumet
CROATIAN: Jakša
DANISH: Ib, Jeppe
DUTCH: Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Kobe, Kobus, Koos, Sjakie
ENGLISH: Coby, Jae, Jake, Jamey, Jay, Jeb, Jem, Jemmy, Jim, Jimi, Jimmie, Jimmy, Koby
ESTONIAN: Jaak
FINNISH: Jaakko, Jaska
FLEMISH: Jaak
FRENCH: Jacky
FRISIAN: Japik
GEORGIAN: Koba
GERMAN: Jockel
ITALIAN: Lapo
POLISH: Kuba
RUSSIAN: Yasha
SCOTTISH: Jamie
SLOVENE: Jaka, Jaša
YIDDISH: Kapel, Koppel, Yankel
FEMININE FORMS
BULGARIAN: Zhaklina
CROATIAN: Žaklina
DANISH: Bine, Jacobine
DUTCH: Coba, Jacoba, Jacobina, Jacobine, Jacomina, Mina
ENGLISH (BRITISH): Jacquetta, Jacqui
ENGLISH: Jaci, Jackalyn, Jacki, Jackie, Jacklyn, Jaclyn, Jacqueline, Jacquelyn, Jaime, Jaimie, Jaki, Jakki, Jami, Jamie, Jaqueline, Jaquelyn, Jaye, Jayla, Jaylen, Jaylene, Jaylin, Jaylyn, Jayma, Jayme
FRENCH: Jacqueline, Jacquette
ITALIAN: Giacoma, Giacomina
LIMBURGISH: Mina
MACEDONIAN: Zhaklina
NORWEGIAN: Jacobine
POLISH: Żaklina
PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN): Jaqueline
SCOTTISH: Jamesina
SERBIAN: Žaklina
OTHER FORMS
BASQUE: Xanti
CATALAN: Dídac
ENGLISH: Jameson, Jamison
MEDIEVAL SPANISH: Didacus
PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN): Thiago
PORTUGUESE: Diogo, Santiago, Tiago
SCOTTISH: Hamish
SPANISH: Diego, Santiago