title: Jákup
text: # Jákup
  
  Jákup is a Faroese masculine given name, a cognate of the names Jacob and James. People with the name Jákup include:
  
  * Jákup á Borg (born 1979), Faroese footballer
  * Jákup Dahl (1878-1944), Faroese Provost and Bible translator
  * Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen (born 1932), Faroese architect
  * Jákup Jakobsen, (1864-1918), Faroese linguist and literary scholar
  * Jákup Jógvansson (16??-16??), Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1677 to 1679
  * Jákup Mikkelsen (born 1970), Faroese footballer
  