Ib is a ♂ male name.
Origin of Ib
Ib is a Danish short form of the Hebrew name Jakob.
Meaning of Ib
Ib originally means “may God protect”. Besides, Ib means “holder of the heel” (from Hebrew “‘akév/עָקֵב” = heel) or “supplanter” (from Hebrew “‘akáv/עָקַב” = to follow/to supplant), because he was born grasping the heel of his first born twin brother Esau and he bought his birthright to supplant him.
Pronunciation of Ib
Ib in the categories
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- 🇦🇹 Austria: 5414 ↑↑ 441
- 🇦🇺 Australia: 10920 ↓↓ -584
- 🇧🇪 Belgium: 7037 ↓↓ -254
- 🇨🇦 Canada: 6058 ↓↓ -419
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 9512 ↓↓ -368
- 🇩🇪 Germany: 8952 ↑ 44
- 🇩🇰 Denmark: 4940 ↓↓ -300
- 🇪🇸 Spain: 7058 ↓↓ -279
- 🇫🇮 Finland: 8698 ↑↑ 607
- 🇫🇷 France: 6826 ↓↓ -303
- 🇬🇧 Great Britain: 6190 ↓↓ -107
- 🇮🇪 Ireland: 9784 ↑↑ 2240
- 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein: 11935 ↑ 54
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 9667 ↓↓ -157
- 🇳🇴 Norway: 5345 ↓ -32
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand: 12775 ↓↓ -2387
- 🇵🇹 Portugal: 7877 ↓↓ -105
- 🇸🇪 Sweden: 5105 ↓↓ -756
- 🇺🇸 United States: 7016 ↓↓ -423
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