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Diminutive 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'.
FULL FORMS
DUTCH: Jacob, Jacobus, Jakob, Sjaak
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, Jaumet
CORNISH: Jago
CROATIAN: Jakov, Jakša
CZECH: Jakub
DANISH: Ib, Jacob, Jakob, Jeppe
DUTCH: Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Kobe, Kobus, Sjakie
ENGLISH: Coby, Jacob, Jae, Jake, James, Jamey, Jay, Jaycob, Jaymes, Jeb, Jem, Jemmy, Jim, Koby
ESTONIAN: Jaagup, Jaak, Jaakob
FAROESE: Jákup
FINNISH: Jaakko, Jaakob, Jaakoppi
FLEMISH: Jaak
FRENCH: Jacky, Jacques
FRISIAN: Japik
GALICIAN: Iago
GEORGIAN: Iakob, Koba
GERMAN: Jakob, Jockel
HAWAIIAN: Iakopa, Kimo
HEBREW: Akiba, Akiva, Yaakov, Yakov
HUNGARIAN: Jakab, Jákob
ICELANDIC: Jakob
IRISH: Séamas, Séamus, Shamus, Sheamus
ITALIAN: Giacobbe, Giacomo, Iacopo, Jacopo, Lapo
JEWISH: Jacob
LATE ROMAN: Iacomus, Jacobus
LITHUANIAN: Jokūbas
MACEDONIAN: Jakov
MAORI: Hemi
NORWEGIAN: Jacob, Jakob
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Iakovu
POLISH: Jakub, Kuba
PORTUGUESE: Iago, Jacó, Jaime
RUSSIAN: Yakov, Yasha
SCOTTISH: Jamie, Seumas
SERBIAN: Jakov
SLOVAK: Jakub
SLOVENE: Jaka, Jakob, Jaša
SPANISH: Jacobo, Jaime, Yago
SWEDISH: Jacob, Jakob
TURKISH: Yakup
UKRAINIAN: Yakiv
WELSH: Iago
YIDDISH: Kapel, Koppel, Yankel
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Jimi, Jimmie, Jimmy
FINNISH: Jaska
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