Last name JACOBY: origin and meaning
Matthew Perez
Updated on March 22, 2026
Jacoby : German French Walloon Luxembourgish and Jewish: Latinized (humanistic) patronymic from the personal name Jacob or Jakob from Jacobi the genitive of its Latin form Jacobus. Compare Jacobi.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
