Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoob, Yakoub, Yoqub or Yaâkub (Arabic: يعقوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb, also transliterated in other ways; Yakob, as commonly westernized) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb may be direct from the Hebrew or indirectly through Syriac. The name was in use in pre-Islamic Arabia and is a common given name in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a surname. It is common in Polish, Czech, Slovak, Belarusian and Bosnian languages, where it is transliterated as Jakub.
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Given name
Pre-modern world
Ordered chronologically
Yaˈqub bin Isḥāq bin Ibrāhīm (Jacob), prophet of Islam
Ya'qub ibn Tariq (died 796), Persian astronomer and mathematician
Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari (729–798), chief judge during the reign of Harun al-Rashid
Yaqub al-Mansur (died 1199), third Almohad ruler, who reigned from 1184 to his death in 1199
Yaqub Ibn as-Sikkit (died 857), philologist tutor, grammarian and scholar of poetry
Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840–879), Persian leader, founder of the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan
Ya'qub ibn Killis (930–991), Egyptian vizier
Yakub I of Germiyan (died 1340), founder of the Germiyanid beylik
Yaqub al-Charkhi (1360–1447), Naqshbandi Sheykh and student of Khwaja Baha' al-Din Naqshband
Yakub Çelebi (1362–1389), Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Murad I
Yaqub Spata (1369–1416), last lord of Arta
Yakub II (died 1429), bey of Germiyan
Yaqub al-Mustamsik (died 1521), figurehead caliph of the Mamluk Sultanate
Modern world
Yacoub G. Al-Atrash (born 1978), Palestinian composer and maestro
Yacoub Al-Mohana (born 1975), Kuwaiti film and music director
Yacoub Artin (1842–1919), ethnic Armenian educator and scholar
Yakub Beg of Yettishar (1820–1877), Emir of Yettishar
Yacoub Sidi Ethmane (born 1995), Mauritanian footballer
Yacoub Makzoume (born 1995), Syrian tennis player
Yacoub Masboungi (born 1948), Lebanese former swimmer
Yacoub Romanos (1935–2011), Lebanese wrestler
Yacoub Sarraf (born 1961), Lebanese politician
Yacoub Shaheen (born 1994), Palestinian singer
Yacoub Zaiadeen (1922–2015), Jordanian politician and surgeon
Yacub Addy (1931–2014), Ghanaian drummer, composer, choreographer and educator
Yakub Ali Chowdhury (1888–1940), Bengali essayist
Yakub Ali, politician
Yakub Cemil (1883–1916), Ottoman soldier in the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état
Yakub Guznej (1892–??), Belarusian socio-political and military leader
Yakub Hasan Sait (1875–1940), Indian businessman, freedom-fighter and politician
Surname
Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (1944–2014), Pakistani expatriate businessman based in Dubai
Ahmad Muin Yaacob, Malaysian convicted murderer
Aminata Aboubakar Yacoub (born 1989), Republic of the Congo swimmer
Antonio Yakoub (born 2002), Swedish footballer
Asif Yaqoob (born 1973), Pakistani cricket umpire
Atta Yaqub (born 1979), Scottish model and actor of Pakistani descent
Badr Al-Yaqoub (1946–2025), Kuwaiti professor of law and politician
Charles Yacoub, Lebanese-Canadian bus hijacker
Chaudhry Yaqoob, Pakistani police officer
Gabriel Yacoub (1952–2025), French musician, songwriter, and visual artist
Hala Al-Abdallah Yacoub (born 1956), Syrian cinematographer and director
Ilyas Yakoub (1903–1958), Indonesian journalist
Jasem Yaqoub (born 1953), Kuwaiti footballer
Joseph Yacoub (born 1944), Syrian professor
Magdi Yacoub (born 1935), Egyptian-British professor
Mirza Yaqoob (born 1974), Bahraini cricketer
Mohammad Yakub, Indian cricketer