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Welsh and Galician form of Iacobus (see James). Two early Welsh kings of Gwynedd bore this name. It is also the name of the villain in Shakespeare"s tragedy Othello (1603).
Related Names
| Variants |
(Galician):
Xacobe, Xaime (Portuguese): Jaime 1 |
| Other Languages & Cultures |
(Arabic):
Yacoub, Yakub (Urdu): Yaqoob (Quranic): Yaqub (Armenian): Hagop, Hakob, Yakob (Basque): Jakes (Belarusian): Yakau (Swedish): Jacob (English): James (Georgian): Iakob (Biblical Greek): Iakobos (Biblical Hebrew): Ya'aqov (Romanian): Iacob (Biblical Latin): Iacobus (Russian): Yakov (Catalan): Jaume, Jaumet (Cornish): Jago (Serbian): Jakov (Slovak): Jakub (Hungarian): Jákob (Swedish): Jakob (Danish): Ib, Jeppe (Late Roman): Jacobus (Dutch): Sjaak, Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Kobus, Koos, Sjakie (English): Jae 2, Jai 2, Jay 1, Jaye, Jaymes, Jem, Jemmy, Jim (Finnish): Jimi (English): Jimmie, Jimmy (Estonian): Jaagup (Flemish): Jaak (Finnish): Jaakob (Faroese): Jákup (Tongan): Semisi (Finnish): Jaakko, Jaakoppi, Jaska (Flemish): Kobe 1 (French): Jacques, Jacky, Jacquy (Frisian): Japik (Georgian): Koba (German): Jockel (Greek): Iakovos (Hausa): Yaƙubu (Hawaiian): Iakopa, Kimo (Hebrew): Yaakov, Akiba, Akiva (Hungarian): Jakab (Irish): Séamus, Shamus, Sheamus, Séamas (Italian): Giacomo, Giacobbe, Iacopo, Jacopo, Lapo (Late Roman): Iacomus (Latvian): Jēkabs (Literature): Jaques (Lithuanian): Jokūbas (Maori): Hemi (Polish): Kuba (Russian): Yasha (Scottish): Hamish, Jamie (Scottish Gaelic): Seumas (Serbian): Jakša (Slovene): Žak, Jaka, Jaša (Spanish): Jacobo, Jaime 1, Yago (Turkish): Yakup (Ukrainian): Yakiv (Western African): Yacouba (Yiddish): Kapel, Koppel, Yankel |
| Surname Descendants | (Portuguese): Santiago |
| Place Name Descendant | (Portuguese): Santiago |
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| Name | Years | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Iago | Othello | Shakespearian Characters |
| Iago | 1992 | Fictional Characters from Movies |
| Iago | 1882 | Fictional Characters from Books |