Jacobsen

由来と歴史

Patronymic surname meaning 'son of Jacob', from the Hebrew 'Yaakov' meaning 'he who supplants' or 'he who follows at the heel', referring to the biblical patriarch Jacob who grasped his twin Esau's heel at birth. The name Jacob spread throughout Europe through Christianity and biblical tradition, and its Scandinavian derivatives Jakob and Jacob generated the patronymic Jacobsen across Norway and Denmark. The name is particularly common in the southwestern counties of Rogaland and Agder, which historically had strong maritime trade connections with Germany and the Netherlands where Jacob was also widespread.