51,617 Global JACOBSON Family Members

JACOBSON Family History

This most interesting surname is an Ashkenazic variant of "Jacob", itself coming from the Latin name "Jacobus", from the Hebrew given name "Yaakov" (aqob) meaning "supplanter" or "following-after". In the bible Jacob was the name of the twin brother of Esau, who took advantage of the latter's hunger and impetuousness to persuade him to part with his birthright "for a mess of potage". The surname James shares the same origins. As a surname Jacobi first appears in records in the late 13th Century (see below). One William Jacob was recorded in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire in 1273 and William filius (son of) Jacobi was mentioned in the Hundred Rolls of Kent in 1273...