Hakob
Hakob or Hagop is a common Armenian first name derived from Greek Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb, equivalent to English Jacob. A common diminutive form is Hakobik. The common Armenian surname Hakobyan/Hagopian is derived from this name.
- Armenian
Meaning & Origin of Hakob
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hakob or Hagop is a common Armenian first name derived from Greek Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb, equivalent to English Jacob. A common diminutive form is Hakobik. The common Armenian surname Hakobyan/Hagopian is derived from this name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Armenian
The Story of Hakob
The earliest SSA record of Hakob as a baby boy name dates back to 2000, when 7 babies received it. 2012 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Hakob — #8,862 in the national rankings. About 65% of every Hakob on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Hakob last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 20 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Hakob
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Hakob. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Hakob
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- Hiccup
- Hiccough
- Hicup
- Hickup
- Hookup
- Huckabee
- Huckaby
- Jakub
- Hecka
- Hica
- Hookah
- Hooka
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About the name Hakob
Hakob is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2000 and has accumulated 20 births in the dataset. Hakob's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #8,862. Use the chart and map above to compare Hakob's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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