Jacobi

English

Alternative forms

• Jacobe

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Jacobi (plural Jacobis)

1. A surname from German.

Derived terms

• Abel-Jacobi-Liouville identity
• Abel-Jacobi map
• Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation
• Hamilton-Jacobi equation

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Jacobi is the 9161^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3563 individuals. Jacobi is most common among White (93.88%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jacobi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238.