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Yakobi

/yah-KOH-bee/Xhosa · a boy’s name

“Jacob; from Hebrew, traditionally “supplanter” or “one who follows.””

How to say it
yah-KOH-bee
Given to
Boys
Used in
South Africa
How common
uncommon