Baby name

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Yacouba

/yah-KOO-bah/


“Derived from Hebrew Ya'aqov, meaning to follow or to supplant”

Derived from the Hebrew Ya'aqov, meaning 'to follow' or 'to supplant', referencing the biblical patriarch Jacob.

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How it ages.

Yacouba feels current and increasingly familiar while still standing apart from the most common choices.

The cultural moment.

Yacouba is seeing a moderate rise in France and has become more familiar in recent years.