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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : The supplanter

How Popular Is The Name Jacobson

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : patronymic from Jacob. As an American surname this name has absorbed cognates from other languages, for example Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch Jacobsen and Swedish Jacobsson.

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