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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Yakub

Jacob; biblical and Quranic patriarch

Yakub means “Jacob; biblical and Quranic patriarch”.

Origin language
Arabic / Hebrew / Urdu
First letter
Y
Historical records
9,670

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Yakub mean?

Yaqub, written يعقوب, is the Arabic form of Jacob. The name refers to the patriarch known in biblical and Quranic narratives and ultimately continues Hebrew Ya'aqov.

Spellings in Indian scripts

Arabic

يعقوب

Conventional spelling

Devanagari

याक़ूब

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Yakub in Indian usage

9,670 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Mostly recorded for boys (90.8%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 892 records (9.2%).
  • Recorded as male: 8,778 records (90.8%).

By birth decade

Yakub: records by birth decade1940s: 8041940s1950s: 1,3901950s1960s: 2,0311960s1970s: 2,2761970s1980s: 1,8561980s1990s: 9041990sOther decades: 409Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1940s804
1950s1,390
1960s2,031
1970s2,276
1980s1,856
1990s904
Other decades409

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Maharashtra2,729
Jharkhand1,373
Rajasthan1,262
Uttar Pradesh1,003
Madhya Pradesh805
Bihar726
Andhra Pradesh583
Haryana498
Delhi236
Punjab100
Other states355
How to read these numbers

Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.

Recorded abroad

Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.

JurisdictionSpelling / recorded sexBirthsRank
England & WalesYakub / M92,440

ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.

Explore related lists

Boy namesArabic originHebrew originUrdu originArabic script

Sources

  1. Given-name entry (Wikidata): Yakub ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Given-name spelling

  2. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  3. England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Yakub; Table_6, C2661 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Exact spelling Yakub; Table_6, C2661

  4. Wiktionary: يعقوب ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.