Where the spelling 제이컵 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 제이컵 for Jacob.
People in the list with this given name:
- 치머먼, 제이컵 — Tsimerman, Jacob
- 크로넌워스, 제이컵 존 — Cronenworth, Jacob John
- 프라이, 제이컵 (로런스) — Frey, Jacob (Lawrence)
…and 9 more in the list.
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
- The official list spells Jacob as 제이컵, although the general rule gives 제이커브.
What Jacob means
Jacob by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 1, 483,327 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 제이컵: 12.
Korean names for Jacob
These are the converter’s results for Jacob as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
박재희Park JaehuiUsed for boys and girls · 69% sound match
박재우Park JaeuBoy’s name · 69% sound match
박태이Park TaeiBoy’s name · 67% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 박, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics