First name Yakov - Meaning, Origin and Rating
Origin
Slavic
Nameday
Meaning
Yakov is a masculine name with Slavic roots, derived from a term meaning “one who replaces or takes the place of another.”
Famous people with the first name Yakov
- Yakov Smirnoff (Person)
- Yakov Dzhugashvili (Person)
- Yakov Sverdlov (Politician)
- Yakov Yurovsky (Person)
- Yakov Sinai (Russian mathematician and theoretical physicist)
- Yakov Zeldovich (Scientist)