How to write “Jakob” in Korean
자콥 ja-kop
What Korean friends call you
- 자콥아 ja-ko-ba — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 자콥 씨 ja-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 Jakob
Well-known people named Jakob, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Jakob Bagge — 자콥 바게
- Jakob Bunge — 자콥 부에
- Jakob Larsson Bjørkhaug — 자콥 라르손 뵈르카욱
- Jakob Jönsson — 자콥 죈손
31,940 babies were named Jakob in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 1117th most common name.
Block by block
- 자 = ㅈ + ㅏ · 4 strokes
Also in 자: Elizabeth 엘리자베스 · Jasmine 자스민 · Isabelle 이자벨
- 콥 = ㅋ + ㅗ + ㅂ · 8 strokes
Also in 콥: Jacob 제이콥
자콥 takes 12 strokes in all.
More names: Guy 가이 · Elaina 엘레이나 · Malia 말리아 · Aniyah 아나이아 · Ben 벤
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