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Yakubu

Supplanter; he who follows (Jacob)

yah-KOO-boo

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Origin

Hausa

Language

Afro-Asiatic (Chadic)

Pronunciation

yah-KOO-boo

Gender

male

Cultural Significance

The Hausa form of Jacob/Yaqub, honoring the biblical and Quranic patriarch.

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