Jakov (Serbian: Јаков) is a Croatian and Serbian masculine given name, a variant of the biblical name Jacob. It may refer to:
Jakov (bishop), Serbian medieval archbishop
Jakov Bienenfeld, Croatian entrepreneur and developer
Jakov Brdar, Slovenian-Bosnian sculptor
Jakov Cindro, Croatian politician
Jakov Fak, Croatian-Slovenian biathlete
Jakov Geller, Russian Grand Master
Jakov Gojun, Croatian handball player
Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer and conductor
Jakov Grcić, Croatian futsal player
Jakov Ignjatović, Serbian-Hungarian novelist and prose writer
Jakov Lind, Austrian-British writer
Jakov Mikalja, Italian linguist and lexicographer of Slavic ancestry
Jakov Nenadović, Serbian military commander and politician
Jakov Sedlar, Croatian film director and producer
Jakov Surać, Croatian football player
Jakov Vladović, Croatian basketball player
Jakov Xoxa, Albanian writer
Ivan Jakov Džoni, Croatian football player