Yacoob is a boy's name of African origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In England & Wales it was given to 3 boys in 2016.
Yacoob belongs to the African tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess. It travels in a few spellings: Jacob.
Yacoob does not appear in US Social Security records, which publish every name given to at least five babies in a year. That says nothing about its standing at home — many of the world's best-loved names are simply rare in America.
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The meaning of Yacoob is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its African origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Yacoob is a boy name. In England & Wales, 3 babies received the name in 2016.
Yacoob comes from the African tradition. It is also spelled Jacob.
In England & Wales, Yacoob was given to 3 babies in 2016 and 3 times in total since 1996, in Office for National Statistics records. It does not appear in US Social Security records.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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