Jakoba is a ♀ female name.
Jakoba is a female variant of the masculine name Jakob, which is a name of Hebrew origin and derived from “Ja’akow”.
Jakoba means “may God protect” and “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.