How to write “Jacob” in Korean

제이콥 je-i-kop Listen to 제이콥, AI voice Print a free worksheet (PDF)

What Korean friends call you

• 제이콥아 je-i-ko-ba — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 제이콥 씨 je-i-kop-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work

Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.

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Korean spellings of Jacob

The official loanword spelling (외래어 표기법) is 제이컵; most Koreans write 제이콥.

Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Jacob deGrom 제이콥 (sometimes 제이컵); Jacob Elordi 제이콥 (sometimes 제이컵); Jacob Tremblay 제이콥 (sometimes 제이컵).

Well-known people named Jacob, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):

• Jacob Bronowski — 제이콥 브로노우스키
• Jacob Ramsey — 제이콥 램지
• Jacob Collier — 제이콥 콜리어
• Jacob Anderson — 제이콥 앤더슨

948,919 babies were named Jacob in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 22nd most common name.

Block by block

• 제 = ㅈ + ㅔ · 5 strokes
  • ㅈ 지읒 (j) · 2 strokes
  • ㅔ 에 (e) · 3 strokes

  Also in 제: James 제임스 · Jessica 제시카 · Jayden 제이든

• 이 = ㅇ + ㅣ · 2 strokes
  • ㅇ 이응 (silent / ng) · 1 stroke
  • ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke

  Also in 이: Michael 마이클 · David 데이비드 · Ryan 라이언

• 콥 = ㅋ + ㅗ + ㅂ · 8 strokes
  • ㅋ 키읔 (k) · 2 strokes
  • ㅗ 오 (o) · 2 strokes
  • ㅂ 비읍 (b / p) · 4 strokes

  Also in 콥: Jakob 자콥

제이콥 takes 15 strokes in all.

More names: Michael 마이클 · Matthew 매튜 · Joshua 조슈아 · Emily 에밀리 · Christopher 크리스토퍼

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