THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Jacobo
Jacobo is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Enrique Zobel, Jacobo Zóbel de Zangróniz. This snapshot links the name to 2 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
SpanishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Compare Santiago, Yago, Jaime; not related to Diego.
a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Jacob or James
Wiktionary: Jacobo (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Jacobo
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Enrique Zobel
prominent Filipino businessman (1927–2004)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jacobo Zóbel de Zangróniz
pharmacist, politician and numismatist (1842-1896)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
1
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Enrique Zobel, Jacobo Zóbel de Zangróniz
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Jacobo in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Jacobo
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Jacob♂Traditionally linked to the heel or supplanting; origin debated
- Jabi·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jabib·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jacinto♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jack♂Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Jackie♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jackson♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jaclyn♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
What rhymes with Jacobo?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Jacobo
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Jacobo further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q19688634 — Jacobo (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Enrique Zobel (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19688634 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Jacobo Zóbel de Zangróniz (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19688634 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jacobo (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.