Jacob

«The one who supplants; supplanter»

Few words, real weight: Jacob is of Hebrew origin, and that meaning is its birthright.

Its expression number is 4 — Uranus's terrain. Steady, disciplined and hardworking. That is why Jacob tends to convey discipline, loyalty and stability.

Numerology reads Jacob in three keys:

Expression 4 · Uranus: Steady, disciplined and hardworking.

Soul 7 · Neptune: deep down, it is drawn to understanding and truth.

Personality 6 · Venus: its first impression is kind and caring.

Hebrew is the language of the Bible and one of the richest sources of names with deep spiritual meaning. That is where Jacob comes from — and its «The one who supplants; supplanter» arrives today without losing its shine. By its number 4, Jacob is linked to the day Saturday, the color Blue, the element Earth and the stone Sapphire.

Jacob is in a quieter moment. Between 2020 and 2025, 45,178 boys named Jacob were registered in the U.S. (rank #30), according to the Social Security Administration.

It ranked #3 in the 2010s, so it's heard less often now. That has its charm: a name everyone recognizes, that fewer classmates will share.

It has ranked in the top 200 continuously since the 1980s: over four decades among the favorites.

Source: Social Security Administration (U.S.), official records by decade, as of 2026.

Jacob brings together two things rarely found in one name: a meaning with weight («The one who supplants; supplanter») and a sound that is easy to love. Write it with your last name, say it out loud — and for the final nudge, its compatibility awaits on Astra.

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