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What Does My Name Jacob Mean?
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A popular boy name, Jacob is pronounced JAY-kub. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "he who supplants, trips up another and takes his place." In the Bible, Jacob is the son of Isaac and Rebekah and twin brother of Esau. Jacob fathered 12 sons and a daughter, who became the ancestors of the nation of Israel, the name Jacob himself received after wrestling with an angel.
Famous personalities bearing the name are Russian Senator, Jacob Javits; actor Jake Gyllenhall; Nobel Prize Winner French geneticist, Ja�cob Fran�ois
Jacob has many variant forms or nick names. Few of them are Cob, Cobb, Cobby, Giacamo, Jaco, Jacobo, Jacobi, Jacoby, Jack, Jackie and Jacko. Alternate spellings of the name Jacob include: Jakeb.
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