Jacob
ジェイコブ
Jeikobu
Also written ジェーコブ.
How It Is Said
- ジェje
- イi
- コko
- ブbu
Jeikobu: four beats, each about the same length. Japanese has no strong stress, so the name is said evenly, beat by beat.
By Language
| Language | Katakana | Rōmaji | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | ジェイコブ | Jeikobu | the usual form |
| ジェーコブ | Jēkobu | also in use |
What Happens to the Sounds
- The English a of Jacob is said ay: written エイ (ei) or エー (ē), so both ジェイコブ and ジェーコブ are in use.
- Japanese syllables end in a vowel or in ン, so the final b takes a light vowel: ブ (bu).
- A small kana joins the one before it into one beat: ジェ (je).
Jacob in the Bible is ヤコブ (Yakobu) in Japanese; the English name is ジェイコブ.
To Type It
On a computer with Japanese input switched on, type jeikobu, then press F7 on Windows or Control+K on a Mac to turn it into katakana. On a phone, type the same letters with the Japanese keyboard and choose ジェイコブ among the suggestions.
The Same Name in Other Languages
Why Katakana
In Japan, names from abroad are written in katakana, the script for words from other languages. Kanji versions of Western names are mostly invented, and a Japanese reader often sees odd meanings in them; the katakana is what a Japanese person would really write. More on katakana and names
