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Jacoba f. Fem. of Jacob.

The name of a 13th C Italian saint.

In England, Latin Jacoba often represented vernacular James, which was used by both men and women. For more information, see Withycombe s.n. Jacoba.

Belgium
Dutch
◑ 1597x1598 Jacomyne BoonenGes p. 347, Jacquelyne ibid. p. 326, Jacquemeyne ibid. p. 365
England
Dutch
◑ 1579 Jakemyne AuFr p. 89; 1580 Jakemyns ibid. Harlen; 1583 Jakemyne ibid. Meijnet; 1584 Jaquemynken ibid. Peene; 1585 Jacomynken ibid. p. 91, Jaquemynken ibid. p. 84; 1586 Jacomyne ibid. Hoeven; 1587 Jacominken ibid. Lammans, Jacomyne ibid. Ruijtinck, Jacomyntken ibid. Ranst, Jaquemine ibid. Loer; 1588 Jaquemynken ibid. Lampsen; 1589 Jacolynkgen ibid. Boije, Jacomyntken ibid. Swerte; 1591 Jacomyne ibid. p. 89, Jacomyntken ibid. p. 91; 1593 Jacomyntken ibid. Bruijnijnck; 1595 Jacomynken ibid. Hoeck; 1596 Jacomynken ibid. Damman, Jacomyntken ibid. Tiers; 1597 Jacolijnken ibid. Cornet; 1599 Jacomynken ibid. Tijbouts
Early Modern English
◑ 1556 Jacobin StAnthonlin p. 11; 1562 Jakett BarnstapleBap p. 12; 1563 Jackett COmar-vol2 p. 47
Middle French
◑ 1568 Jacqueline WCS p. 3; 1568/9 Jacquemine ibid. p. 4; 1569 Jacquemine ibid. p. 40; 1570 Jacquemine ibid. p. 6; 1573 Jacqueline ibid. p. 41; 1574 Jacquemine ibid. p. 9, Jaqeline ibid. p. 10; 1577 Jaquemine ibid. p. 86; 1578 Jaqueline ibid. p. 14; 1583 Jaqueline ibid. p. 18, Jaquemine ibid. p. 103; 1588 Jacqueline ibid. p. 89; 1595 Jacquemine ibid. p. 25, Jaqueline ibid. p. 26; 1599 Jacqueline ibid. p. 27
Walloon
◑ 1583/4 Jacqueminne RWC p. 8; 1583 Jacquenine ibid. p. 437; 1584 Jacqmine ibid. p. 8, Jacquemine ibid. p. 437, Jacqueminne ibid. p. 8; 1590/1 Jaqueline ibid. p. 441; 1590 Jaqueminne ibid. p. 14, Jaquenne ibid. p. 13; 1591 Jacquemine ibid. p. 16, Jaqueline ibid. p. 19, Jaquemine ibid. p. 17; 1591/2 Jaquemine ibid. p. 19; 1592 Jacqueminne ibid. p. 24; 1592/3 Jaqueline ibid. p. 25, Jaquemine ibid. p. 25, Jaqueminne ibid. p. 25; 1593 Jaqueline ibid. p. 27, Jaquemine ibid. p. 28; 1593/4 Jaquemine ibid. p. 30; 1593 Jaqueminne ibid. p. 28; 1594 Jaqueline ibid. p. 33, Jaquemine ibid. p. 33; 1594/5 Jaquemine ibid. p. 35; 1594 Jaqueminne ibid. p. 33; 1595 Jaqueline ibid. p. 37, Jaquemine ibid. p. 37; 1596 Jaquelaine ibid. p. 44, Jaqueline ibid. p. 41, Jaquemine ibid. p. 41; 1597 Jaqueline ibid. p. 47, Jaquemine ibid. p. 47; 1598 Jaqueline ibid. p. 49, Jaquemine ibid. p. 49; 1598/9 Jaquemine ibid. p. 51
France
Latin
◑ 1270 Jaquelota (nom) NDParisII 2-XLI; 1503 Iaquemine (dat) MHCG2 278
Old French
◑ 1292 Jaquete (obl) HistHdVParis p. 113; 1296 Jaqueline paris1296 p. 11; 1299 Jaqueline (obl) HistHdVParis p. 145; 1313 Jacqueline Paris1313 p. 9, Jaqueline ibid. p. 6, Jaquelot ibid. p. 170
Middle French
◑ 1421 Jaquette favier 1098; 1438 Jaquete ibid. p. 291, Jaquette ibid. 209; 1551 Jaqueline HistHdVParis no. 21b; 1562 Jacqueline RegPCC-1 p. 10; 1563 Jacqueline ibid. p. 18, Jaqueline ibid. p. 34; 1564 Jaqueline ibid. p. 45, Jaquette ibid. p. 50; 1565 Jaqueline ibid. p. 109; 1566 Jaqueline ibid. p. 199; 1567 Jaqueline ibid. p. 280; 1568 Jaqueline ibid. p. 381; 1570 Jaqueline ibid. p. 434; 1571 Jaqueline ibid. p. 444, Jaquette ibid. p. 446; 1572 Jaquelin ibid. p. 494, Jaqueline ibid. p. 489
Italy
Latin
● 1265x1339 Iacoba (nom) BBC-Berg 96, Iacoma (nom) ibid. 1460; 1348 Iacobam (acc) INP 19, Iacobe (gen) ibid. 19; 1366 Iacoba (abl) Livi 107; 1368 Jacopa (nom) ibid. 236; 1387 Iacoba (nom) Venditti II-25; 1521 Iacoba (nom) VitAs2 III; 1522x1532 Iacoba (nom) DSF p. 57, 18
◑ 1366 Iacominam (acc) Livi 1, Iacopinam (acc) ibid. 51; 1367 Iacomina (nom) ibid. 155, Iacominam (acc) ibid. 158; 1368 Iacobinam (acc) ibid. 186
Italian
◑ 1513x1521 Iacobella LeoX p. 23
Scotland
Latin
● 1388 Jacoba (nom) morton-vol1 9, Jacobam (acc) ibid. 9, Jacobe (gen) ibid. 9
Switzerland
Latin
◑ 14thCx1478 Jaqueta (nom) Ob-SPVn (153), Jaquete (gen) ibid. (78); 1343 Jacoleta (nom) ibid. (145)
Cite as: A. Brown, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Jacoba". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Jacoba.