Jákup Explained

Jákup
Gender:	Male
Region:	Faroe Islands
Language:	Faroese

Jákup is a Faroese masculine given name, a cognate of the names Jacob and James. People with the name Jákup include:

• Jákup á Borg (born 1979), Faroese footballer
• Jákup Dahl (1878-1944), Faroese Provost and Bible translator
• Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen (born 1932), Faroese architect
• Jákup Jakobsen, (1864-1918), Faroese linguist and literary scholar
• Jákup Jógvansson (16??-16??), Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1677 to 1679
• Jákup Mikkelsen (born 1970), Faroese footballer