Jokūbas

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Jacob (biblical character)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/jokubʲɛs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jokūbas is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Denmark than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ISIceland1 in 32K(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 210K
  • SESweden1 in 408K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Denmark (measured from records)

28 people

Sources
15 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 32K (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Jacob (biblical character).

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jokūbas counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jokūbas is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spelling
DK Denmark281 in 210K28—
SE Sweden251 in 408K25—
IS Iceland111 in 32K11—
PL Poland71 in 5.5M7—
LV Latvia21 in 941K2—

28 people counted by Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jokūbas is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland

    Also written Jokubas

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Jokubas

  • Portuguese given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Jokubas

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Jokubas

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Jokubas

  • Lithuanian given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Lithuania, United States, United Kingdom, Norway

    Also written Jokubas

6 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

186018801900192019401960Yakov Yurovsky, b. 1878Yakov Protazanov, b. 1881Yakov Perelman, b. 1882Yakov Sverdlov, b. 1885Jascha Horenstein, b. 1898Yakov Dzhugashvili, b. 1907Yakov Flier, b. 1912Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, b. 1914Yakov G. Sinai, b. 1935Yakov Eliashberg, b. 1946
  • Yakov Yurovskyb. 1878RUnot in their usual nameChief executioner of Tsar Nicholas II (1878–1938)
  • Yakov Protazanovb. 1881RUnot in their usual nameRussian film director and screenwriter (1881–1945)
  • Yakov Perelmanb. 1882PLnot in their usual nameRussian science writer (1882–1942)
  • Yakov Sverdlovb. 1885RUnot in their usual nameSoviet politician
  • Jascha Horensteinb. 1898ATnot in their usual nameAmerican conductor
  • Yakov Dzhugashvilib. 1907GEnot in their usual namefirst child of Josef Stalin (1907–1943)
  • Yakov Flierb. 1912RUnot in their usual nameRussian musician (1912–1977)
  • Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovichb. 1914RUnot in their usual nameSoviet physicist, physical chemist and cosmologist (1914-1987)
  • Yakov G. Sinaib. 1935RUnot in their usual nameRussian-American mathematician
  • Yakov Eliashbergb. 1946RUnot in their usual nameRussian-American mathematician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalSveiki Jokūbas,Hi Jokūbas, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Jokūbas
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—4#19,755
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)20264#20,621

Reference works 3

  • Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Jokūbas mean, and where does it come from?
Jacob (biblical character). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Jokūbas?
A machine transcription gives /jokubʲɛs/ (IPA) for Lithuanian.
Is Jokūbas a male or female name?
Jokūbas is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Jokūbas?
In the etymology graph, James, Jamie and Jacob are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Jokūbas have the most bearers?
In Denmark, the national register counted about 28 people named Jokūbas, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Jokūbas most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jokūbas is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 32 thousand people — even though Denmark holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Jokūbas?
In Denmark, the national register counted 28 people named Jokūbas, about 1 in 210 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jokūbas”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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