Occitan use
Source-reporteda male given name, equivalent to English Jacob
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- Jacòb — Occitan definition (English Wiktionary via Kaikki)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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01 / Meaning & origin
Jacòb is a masculine given name documented in Occitan.
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a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob
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Jacob— “supplanter”
First, from some circumstance connected with the birth, such as Esau, hairy; Jacob, taking by the heel; Agrippa, born with the feet foremost.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Introductory Chapter (The Spirit Of Nomenclature) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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