A baptismal name for a boy· A rare, distinctive name
Iakovos
5 saints bore this name
Saints named Iakovos
- Venerable Iakovos Tsalikis of EviaNovember 22Abbot of the Monastery of Saint David the Elder on Euboea, born in 1920 and died in 1991, venerated as a saint.
- Venerable IakovosA hymnographer monk of the New Skete of St Paul's, reposed in 1869; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable IakovosA monk of Dionysiou Monastery on Athos, reposed in 1939; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- New Martyr Iakovos ArchatzikakisA new martyr born in 1900 and killed at Smyrna in 1922.
- Hieromartyr Iakovos MaurosA priest and preacher of Chios, killed by the Ottomans on Chios in 1822; canonized in 2021 by the Church of Greece.
Questions
The name day of Iakovos is November 22, the feast of Venerable Iakovos Tsalikis of Evia.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Iakovos, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Iakovos is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Iakovos Tsalikis of Evia as patron.