Yakiv is a Ukrainian masculine given name, cognate to Jacob or James. Notable people with the name include:

  • Yakiv Barabash (died 1658), Zaporozhian Cossack Otaman (1657–58) who opposed Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky
  • Yakiv Hodorozha (born 1993), Ukrainian former competitive figure skater
  • Yakiv Holovatsky (1814–1888), Galician historian, literary scholar, ethnographer, linguist, poet, leader of Galician Russophiles
  • Yakiv Hordiyenko (1925–1942), Soviet partisan from Ukraine
  • Yakiv Khammo (born 1994), Assyrian-Ukrainian judoka
  • Yakiv Kripak (born 1978), former Ukrainian football midfielder
  • Yakiv Kulik (1793–1863), Austrian mathematician known for his construction of a massive factor tables
  • Yakiv Lyzohub, military and political figure of the Cossack Hetmanate
  • Yakiv Medvetskyi (1880–1941), Greek Catholic hierarch
  • Yakiv Punkin (1921–1994), featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Ukraine
  • Yakiv Smolii (born 1961), Ukrainian economist and banker, former Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine
  • Yakiv Somko (died 1664), Ukrainian Cossack military leader of the Pereyaslav regiment
  • Yakiv Stepovy (1883–1921), Ukrainian composer, music teacher, and music critic
  • Yakiv Tymchuk, O.S.B.M. (1919–1988), Ukrainian Greek Catholic clandestine hierarch
  • Yakiv Yatsynevych (1869–1945), Ukrainian composer, conductor, and folklorist, known for his eclectic works
  • Yakiv Zalevskyi (born 1980), Ukrainian professional football coach and former player
  • Yakiv Zheleznyak (born 1941), former Soviet sport shooter and Olympic champion

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