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

The baby name Yakov sounds like Jakov, Iakov and Yacov. Other similar baby names are Yakob, Yago, Yakup, Yakim, Yachov, Yakar and Yukon.