Your Korean Name
Jacob →
Ju-won
周源
echoes the sound of “Jacob” · “a source that reaches everywhere”
Also fits you
제이컵
3 syllables · Also written 제이콥. · Spelled by the National Institute of Korean Language's rules for foreign names.
제 이름은 제이컵이에요.
Je ireumeun jeikeop-ieyo. — My name is Jacob.
To be polite, Koreans add 씨 (ssi) after a name: 제이컵 씨.
supplanter · Hebrew origin
Frequently asked questions
Jacob is written 제이컵 (je-i-keop) in Korean: 3 syllables, 제 (je) · 이 (i) · 컵 (keop). It is also written 제이콥.
To introduce yourself as Jacob, say “제 이름은 제이컵이에요.” (Je ireumeun jeikeop-ieyo.). To be polite, Koreans add 씨 (ssi) after a name: 제이컵 씨.
Jacob means “supplanter”. It is a name of Hebrew origin.
Real Korean names that sound like Jacob: 주원 (Ju-won, “a source that reaches everywhere”); 지안 (Ji-an, “wise and at peace”); 지호 (Ji-ho, “vast wisdom”).