James

The English New Testament form of Jacob, from Middle English James, from Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iacomus, spoken and altered pronunciation of Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Doublet of Jacques, Jacob, jacuzzi, Iago, Jago, Yago, Hamish, Seamus, and Santiago. In reference to the Ecuadorian island, a modification of the earlier name Duke of York's Island after its eponymous duke's coronation as James II of England.

See Occitan Jacme for an intermediary between Old French James and Catalan Jaume.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeɪmz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪmz

James (countable and uncountable, plural Jameses)

1. (biblical) The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
2. One of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James, brother of Jesus.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 10:1–3:

     Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

3. A male given name from Hebrew popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.
   • 1810, Walter Scott, “Canto VI. The Guard-room.”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, stanza XXVIII, page 286:

     […] And Normans call me James Fitz-James. / Thus watch I o'er insulted laws, / Thus learn to right the injured cause. […]

   • 1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, →ISBN, page 184:

     Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy.

4. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
5. A placename
   1. An unincorporated community in Jones County, Georgia, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community in Plymouth County, Iowa, United States.
   3. A township in Timiskaming District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.
   4. Former name of Santiago, an island in Galapagos, Ecuador.

• Jacob and its variants

• ⇒ English: Jim (diminutive)
  • ⇒ English: Jimmy, Jimmie, Jimmi, Jimi (diminutive)
  • ⇒ English: Jimbo (diminutive)
    • → Hindi: जिम्बो (jimbo)
  • → Hawaiian: Kimo
• ⇒ English: Jem (diminutive)
  • ⇒ English: Jemmy (diminutive)
• ⇒ English: Jamie, Jamey (diminutive)
• ⇒ English: Jay (diminutive)
• → Chinese: → 詹姆斯 (Zhānmǔsī) (transliteration)
• → Cornish: Jammes, Jamma
• → Danish: James
• → Fijian: Semesa
• → Icelandic: James
• → Irish: Séamas, Séamus, Seumas
  • → English: Seamus, Shamus
• → Manx: Jayms
• → Maori: Hemi
• → Samoan: Semisi
• → Scottish Gaelic: Seumas
  • → English: Hamish
• → Swedish: James
• → Welsh: Siâms

• According to 100 years of data from the Social Security Administration (SSA), James is the 2nd most common given name in the United States, belonging to 3,378,000 individuals.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, James is the 85th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 249,379 individuals. James is most common among White (51.6%) and Black/African American (38.9%) individuals.

• Popularity of the Name James
• James Last Name Popularity, Meaning, and Origin

• Semaj

From English James, the English New Testament form of Jacob, from Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iacomus, spoken and altered pronunciation of Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ).

James

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]

From English James in the 19th century.

James

1. a male given name

From Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iacomus, spoken and altered pronunciation of Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ).

• IPA^(key): /dʒɛms/, /ʒam/

James

1. a male given name

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒeːms]
• Hyphenation: James
• Rhymes: -eːms

James

1. James

• jamesi

• Ȝame, Gemes, Iam, Iames, Iamys, Iame, Ieme

From Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iacomus, spoken and altered pronunciation of Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒaːməs/, /dʒaːmz/, /ˈdʒɛːm(ə)s/, /ˈdʒaːm(ə)/

James

1. James the Greater or James the Less (apostles)
2. James (a male given name from Old French)
3. James (a surname)

• ⇒ English: James
  • ⇒ English: Jim (diminutive)
    • ⇒ English: Jimmy, Jimmie, Jimmi, Jimi (diminutive)
    • ⇒ English: Jimbo (diminutive)
      • → Hindi: जिम्बो (jimbo)
    • → Hawaiian: Kimo
  • ⇒ English: Jem (diminutive)
    • ⇒ English: Jemmy (diminutive)
  • ⇒ English: Jamie, Jamey (diminutive)
  • ⇒ English: Jay (diminutive)
  • → Chinese: → 詹姆斯 (Zhānmǔsī) (transliteration)
  • → Cornish: Jammes, Jamma
  • → Danish: James
  • → Fijian: Semesa
  • → Icelandic: James
  • → Irish: Séamas, Séamus, Seumas
    • → English: Seamus, Shamus
  • → Manx: Jayms
  • → Maori: Hemi
  • → Samoan: Semisi
  • → Scottish Gaelic: Seumas
    • → English: Hamish
  • → Swedish: James
  • → Welsh: Siâms
• ⇒ Scots: Jeams
  • ⇒ Scots: Jeamie, Jeemie, Jamie, Jaimie (diminutive)
  • ⇒ Scots: Jeamock (diminutive)
  • ⇒ Scots: Jamesie (diminutive)
  • ⇒ Scots: Jizer (diminutive)
  • ⇒ Scots: Peem, Pim (diminutive)
    • ⇒ Scots: Pimmie (diminutive)
    • ⇒ Scots: Peemser (diminutive)
• Yola: Jaames

• “Jāme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-03.

From English James in the 19th century.

James c (genitive James)

1. a male given name

[1] Statistics Sweden: 5548 males with the given name James living in Sweden on December 31st, 2013, with the highest frequency so far in 2013. Accessed on 12 April 2014.