Jakub
Jakub is a boy name of Slavic origin, meaning Supplanter; one who follows.
What Jakub means
Supplanter; one who follows.
Jakub sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Jakub comes from
Slavic names are commonly built from two clear elements — peace, glory, world, love — combined into a compound whose meaning reads almost as a wish.
Jakub is recorded as Slavic in origin. Browse other Slavic names.
How popular is Jakub?
Jakub is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Jakub is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Jakub
We group Jakub under the long-established classics. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Classic
Names like Jakub
These share Jakub's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Jack — God is gracious.
- James — Supplanter; a timeless classic.
- Jasper — Bringer of treasure; the gemstone.
- Joseph — God will increase.
- Julian — Youthful; devoted to Jupiter.
- Alexander — Defender of the people.
- August — Great, venerable, majestic.
- Benjamin — Son of the right hand.
- Emmett — Universal; whole.
- Henry — Ruler of the home.
- Jacob — Supplanter; holder of the heel.
- John — God is gracious.