Yakov

Where Yakov comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Yakov.

Yakov through the years
  1. 1953
    First appearance
    #3,798 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2024
    Peak, #1,193
    172 babies named Yakov, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

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