Type Surname (from given name)
Usage Danish

Meaning & History

Means "son of Ib". A famous bearer was the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906).

Related Names

VariantJakobsen
Other Languages & CulturesHagopian, Hakobyan(Armenian) Jacobs, Jacobse(Dutch) Jacobs, Jacobson, James, Jameson, Jamison(English) Jacques, Jacquet(French) Kopp(German) Jakab(Hungarian) Jakobsson(Icelandic) Como(Italian) Jakobsen(Norwegian) Yakovlev, Yakovleva(Russian) Jakobsson(Swedish)

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Entry updated November 16, 2019