Jacobsen is a Danish, Norwegian and Dutch patronymic surname meaning "son of Jacob".
The prefix derives from the biblical given name Yaakov ("supplanter" or "follower").
The English language patronymic surname Jacobson is a parallel form, of which the earliest records are found in Huntingdon in 1244.
[1] Scandinavian immigrants to English-speaking countries often changed the spelling to Jacobson in order to accommodate English orthographic rules.
Notable people with the surname include: