Yaacob \ya(a)-cob\ as a boy's name is a variant of Yaakov (Hebrew), and the meaning of Yaacob is "he who supplants".

The baby name Yaacob sounds like Jacob and Yakob. Other similar baby names are Yacov, Yago, Yaqub, Yakov, Jakob, Jacobo, Jacoby, Jacobi, Iakob and Giacobo.