The village is named after Yacoub ibn Ibrahim ibn Adham (d. 782), the son of the famous Sufi master nicknamed Sultan, and buried in nearby Jableh, Syria, as the inscription on the grave reads.
The village's name derives from Yacoub ibn Ibrahim ibn Adham (d. 782), the son of the esteemed Sufi teacher known as Sultan, who is interred in nearby Jableh, Syria, according to a marker on his tomb.