Yacouba (name)

Yacouba is a common West African masculine given name and surname, a Francized form of Yaqub, the Arabic form of Jacob.^[1] Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Yacouba Bamba (born 1975), Ivorian footballer
• Yacouba Nambelesseny Bamba (born 1991), Ivorian footballer
• Yacouba Camara (born 1994), French rugby union player
• Yacouba Coulibaly (born 1994), Burkinabé footballer
• Yacouba Diarra (born 1988), Malian footballer
• Yacouba Doumbia (born 1997), Malian footballer
• Ismael Yacouba (full name Ismael Yacouba Garba; born 1993), Nigerien taekwondo practitioner
• Yacouba Komara (born 1971), Ivorian footballer
• Yacouba Konaté (born 1953), Ivorian curator, writer and art critic
• Yacouba Diori Hamani Magagi (born 1997), Nigerien footballer
• Yacouba Moumouni (born 1966), Nigerien singer and flautist
• Yacouba Sawadogo (1946–2023), Burkinabé farmer and agronomist
• Yacouba Sido (1910–1988), Nigerien politician
• Yacouba Songné (born 1997), Burkinabé footballer
• Yacouba Sylla (born 1990), French footballer
• Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 1965), Burkinabé military officer

Surname

• Ibrahim Yacouba (born 1971), Nigerien politician
• Ousseini Hadizatou Yacouba (born 1958), Nigerien politician
• Yacouba Ali (full name Seydou Ali Yacouba; born 1992), Nigerien footballer