"Variant of Jacoby"
The name Jakobi is commonly a male name from the "American" origin.
Jakobi corresponds to the German and Jewish surname Jacobi or Jacoby, a patronymic formed from the given name Jacob, with the final -i standing in place of the -y found in the English spelling. Its use as a first name in the United States follows the surname-derived given name Jacoby. Both forms go back to Jacob, from the Hebrew Yaakov.
Jacoby means "Held by the heel. Replacer. A form of James.".
The pronunciation of Jakobi is juh-KOH-bee.
