# Jacobi

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #39,871

## Definitions
1. A surname from German.

## Etymology
Borrowed from German Jacopi, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname from a Latinized patronymic from the personal name Jacob.

## Easily confused with
- **Jacobs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jacobi-vs-jacobs)
- **Jacoby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jacobi-vs-jacoby)
- **Jacqui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jacobi-vs-jacqui)
- **Jacobite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jacobi-vs-jacobite)
- **Jacob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jacob-vs-jacobi)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ajcobi`, `jacboi`, `jaccobi`, `jacobbi`, `jacoib`, `jaocbi`, `jcaobi`, `jjacobi`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jacobi