Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoub or Yaâkub (Arabic: يعقوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb, also transliterated in other ways) 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.[1] The name was in use in pre-Islamic Arabia[1] 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 and Slovak languages, where it is transliterated as Jakub.
Yakub may also refer to:
Religious figures
- Yāˈqub bin Isḥāq bin Ibrāhīm (Jacob), prophet of Islam
- Yakub (Nation of Islam), person described in Nation of Islam teachings as a scientist who created the white race
- Yaqub al-Charkhi (1360–1360), Naqshbandi Sheykh and student of Khwaja Baha' al-Din Naqshband
Other people with this given name
Pre-modern times
- Ya'qub al-Mansur, Almohad ruler Reigned from 1184 to 1199.
- Ya'qub ibn Abdallah al-Mansur (b. 760s) was the third son of al-Mansur (r. 754–775) from his wife Fatima.
- Ya'qub ibn Killis (930–991), Egyptian vizier
- Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari, Persian leader
- Yakub Çelebi, Ottoman Sehzade, son of Sultan Murad I
- Yaqub Beg (1820–1877), Tajik adventurer
- Yaqub Ibn as-Sikkit (died 857), philologist tutor, grammarian and scholar of poetry
- Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari
- Yaqub Spata (died 1416), last Lord of Arta
- Yaqub al-Mustamsik was the fifteenth century figurehead caliph of Mamluk Sultanate.
- Yaqub-Har, pharaoh of ancient Egypt
- Yaqūb ibn Tāriq, Persian astronomer and mathematician
- Yakub I of Germiyan, founder of the Germiyanid beylik
- Yakub II, bey of Germiyan
Modern times
- Ezzedin Yacoub Hamed, Egyptian long jumper
- Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar, former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Yacoub G. Al-Atrash, Palestinian composer and maestro
- Yacoub Al-Mohana (born 1975), Kuwaiti film and music director
- Yacoub Artin (1842–1919), ethnic Armenian educator and scholar
- 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 (?–2015), Jordanian politician and surgeon
- Yacub Addy (1931–2014), Ghanaian drummer, composer, choreographer and educator
- Yakub Ali Chowdhury, Bengali essayist
- Yakub Ali, politician
- Yakub Cemil, 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
- Yakub Holovatsky (1814–1888), Galician historian, literary scholar, ethnographer, linguist, bibliographer, lexicographer, and poet
- Yakub Idrizov (born 1993), Bulgarian footballer
- Yakub Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Turkish diplomat
- Yakub Khan Mehboob Khan (1904–1958), Indian film actor and director
- Yakub Kolas (1882–1956), Belarusian writer
- Yakub Memon (1962–2015), Indian terrorist
- Yakub Shah Chak (died 1593), last native ruler of Kashmir
- Yakub Shevki Pasha, General of the Ottoman Army and Turkish Army
- Yaqoob Al-Qasmi, Omani footballer
- Yaqoob Ali (born 1980), Pakistani-born Irish cricketer
- Yaqoob Bizanjo, Pakistani politician
- Yaqoob Butt (born 1988), footballer
- Yaqoob Juma Al-Mukhaini (born 1982), Omani footballer
- Yaqoob Salem Al-Farsi (born 1982), Omani footballer
- Yaqoob Salem Eid (born 1996), Bahraini sprinter
- Yaqoub Al-Balochi (born 1990), Emirati footballer
- Yaqoub Alhassan (born 2001), Saudi Arabian footballer
- Yaqoub Al Hosani (born 1987), Emirati footballer
- Yacoub Al-Mohana (born 1975), Kuwaiti film and musical director
- Yaqoub Al Taher (born 1983), Kuwaiti footballer
- Yaqoub Al-Tararwa (born 1994), Kuwaiti footballer
- Yaqoub Al-Youha (born 1993), Kuwaiti sprint runner
- Yaqoub Yousif (born 1997), Emirati footballer
- Yaqub al-Ghusayn (1899–1947), Palestinian leader
- Yaqub al-Mansur, Sultan of Morocco
- Yaqub Ali Sharif, politician
- Yaqub Eyyubov (born 1945), Azerbaijani politician
- Yaqub Kareem, Nigerian boxer of the 2000s and 2010s
- Yaqub Mirza (born 1946), Pakistani businessman
- Yaqub Qureishi, Indian politician
- Yaqub Salimov, Tajik politician
- Yaqub Sanu (1839–1912), Egyptian journalist
People with this 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
- Charles Yacoub, Lebanese-Canadian bus hijacker
- Chaudhry Yaqoob, Pakistani police officer
- Gabriel Yacoub, French musician, songwriter, and visual artist
- Hala Al-Abdallah Yacoub (born 1956), Syrian cinematographer and director
- Halimah Yacob (born 1954), President of Singapore
- 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
- Mohamed Yacoub (1937–2011), Tunisian art historian
- Mohammad Yakub, Indian cricketer
- Mohammad Yaqoob (born 1990), eldest son of Mullah Mohammed Omar
- Mohammed Yaqoub (disambiguation), multiple people
- Muhammad Hussein Yacoub (born 1956), Arab Islamic scholar
- Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (860s–941), Persian Shia hadith collector
- Muhammad Yaqub, a Pakistani banker
- Musa Yakub, Bruneian military officer
- Paola Yacoub (born 1966), Lebanese-born artist
- Rami Yacoub (born 1975), Swedish-Palestinian record producer and songwriter
- Reham Yacoub (1991–2020), Iraqi human rights advocate and doctor
- Roman Yakub (born 1958), American composer
- Rutaba Yaqub, Saudi Arabian singer
- Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqoob (born 1952), Pakistani politician
- Salma Yaqoob (born 1971), British political activist
- Septar Mehmet Yakub (1904–1991), Crimean Tatar lawyer, thinker, and spiritual leader
- Sidi Yacoub (disambiguation), multiple people
- Simon Yacoub (born 1989), Palestinian judoka
- Souheila Yacoub (born 1992), Swiss gymnast and actress
- Talat Yaqoob, a Scottish campaigner, writer, and commentator
- Walaa Eldin Yaqoub (born 2000), Sudanese footballer
- Waleed Yaqub (born 1974), Pakistani cricket umpire
- Younes Yaqoub (born 1986), Qatari footballer
- Zara Mahamat Yacoub, Chadian filmmaker, director and journalist
See also
- Yakup, Turkish form of the name
- Ait Ben Yacoub, a commune in Midelt Province, Morocco
- Al Yaqoub Tower, a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Moulay Yacoub, a spa town and municipality in Morocco
- Sultan Yacoub, a village in Lebanon
- Tell Sultan Yakoub, an archaeological site in Lebanon
References
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