Question: what is the meaning of the name jacob?
Answer: The name Jacob comes from the Biblical story of Jacob's birth where he came out holding the heel of his twin brother, Esau. ... The name comes either from the Hebrew root עקב ʿqb meaning "to follow, to be behind" but also "to supplant, circumvent, assail, overreach", or from the word for "heel", עֲקֵב ʿaqeb.