Hakob
From Hebrew, meaning "supplanter" or "holder of the heel". Fewer than a hundred Polish men carry it and no boys have been given it since 2000, so most Poles will never meet one.
Hakob Pronunciation
Hakob is pronounced KHAH-kop (/ˈxakɔp/).
What Hakob means
Where Hakob comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hakob traces back to the Hebrew Ya'aqov, the same root that gives Polish Jakub. The oldest reading is "holder of the heel," and from it comes "supplanter," the one who takes another's place. Scripture says Jacob came into the world gripping his twin brother's heel. The name kept that picture.
Hakob is the Armenian form. For Armenians, Saint Hakob is the apostle James, and the name has belonged to catholicoses, monks, and craftsmen. One bearer set it into print early: Hakob Meghapart issued the first Armenian printed book, the prayer book Urbatagirk, in Venice in 1512. Look him up in any printing history and the date holds.
On a Polish class register, Hakob would sit a line above Jakub, strange in spelling and familiar underneath. Both reach back to the heel, and to "trzymający za piętę."
How many people are named Hakob
1 in 239845 men in Poland is named Hakob. 89 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3720 among male names.
Hakob as a middle name
Hakob is a first name for 89 men in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 97/3 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 6312th, between Hajk (3) and Haktan (3).
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