Akiba Name Meaning & Origin
Akiba
Pronunciation: n/a
Origin of the name Jacob:
From the Ecclesiastic Late Latin Iacobus, which is from the Greek Iakōbos, a name derived from the Hebrew Yaakov. The name has its root in ya`aqob (seizing by the heel, supplanting). The name is borne in the Bible by the father of twelve sons who became the progenitors of the twelve tribes of Israel. Pet: Jake.
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A variant of Yaakov.
Pronounced: ah-KEE-vah- Famous real-life people named Akiba
Akiba ben Joseph, 1st century Jewish sage and martyr.
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