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James
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james jamés ja mes ja més
English
Epistle of James
Etymology
The English New Testament form of Jacob, from en enm James, from en fro James, from en la-vul Iācōmus, spoken and altered pronunciation of en la Iācōbus, from en grc Ἰάκωβος, from grc Ἰακώβ, from en hbo יַעֲקֹב yaʿăqōḇ May He Heel, from the third-person singular masculine imperfective form of the Semitic verb "to heel" (with various meanings), in turn from he עָקֵב ʿāqēḇ heel of the foot. en Jacques Jacob Iago Jago Yago Hamish Seamus Tiago Santiago Yaakov. In reference to the Ecuadorian island, a modification of the earlier name en Duke of York's Island after its eponymous duke's coronation as James II of England James II of England.
See oc Jacme for an intermediary between en fro James and ca Jaume.
Pronunciation
en /d͡ʒeɪmz/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-James.wav Southern England
en eɪmz 1
Proper noun
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en biblical The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
One of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James, brother of Jesus.
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.
en male Hebrew popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.
VI XXVIII 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, 0151239576, page 184:
Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy.
en Maeve Reston Trump meets the ultimate adversary in James Comey w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/08/politics/comey-trump-insider-outsider/index.html 2017-06-08 In the political drama that Donald Trump has created in Washington, he could not have dreamed up a more formidable adversary than James Comey. https://web.archive.org/web/20170716123711/https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/08/politics/comey-trump-insider-outsider/index.html
en English patronymics.
A placename
en unincorporated community co/Jones County s/Georgia c/USA.
en unincorporated community co/Plymouth County s/Iowa c/USA.
en twp in Timiskaming District, north-eastern p/Ontario c/Canada.
en @former name of:Santiago island p/Galapagos c/Ecuador.
Derived terms
en Court of St. James's Deeping St James Great Saint James JaDine James City James Creek James Island James-Stein estimator Jamesburg Jamesean Jamesian jamesite Jamester Jamestown Jamesville Jily King James KJV Little Saint James mul:jamescameroni Pristimantis jamescameroni Saint James Saint James Windward Saint-James St James St James's St-James St. James St. James City St.-James Swyer-James syndrome Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome
Related terms
en Jacob and its variants
en pet forms Jay Jim Jimmi Jimmie Jimmy Jimbo Jem Jaime Jamie Jemmy Jambo Jake
en surnames Jameson St. James
Descendants
1 en Jim diminutive
1 en Jimmy Jimmie Jimmi Jimi diminutive
1 en Jimbo diminutive
1 hi जिम्बो
1 haw Kimo
1 en Jem diminutive
1 en Jemmy diminutive
1 en Jamie Jamey diminutive
1 en Jay diminutive
zh 詹姆斯 1
1 kw Jammes Jamma
1 da James
1 fj Semesa
1 is James
1 ga Séamas
1 gv Jayms
1 mi Hēmi
1 sm Semisi
1 gd Seumas
1 sv James
1 cy Siâms
Translations
book of the Bible
Afrikaans: af Jakobus
Arabic: ar يَعْقُوب m
Armenian: hy Հակոբ
Basque: eu Jagoba
Breton: br Jakez m
Burmese: my ရှင်ယာကုပ်ဩဝါဒစာ
Catalan: ca Jaume m
Cebuano: ceb Santiago
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 雅各書 ngaa5 gok3 syu1
Eastern Min: cdo 雅各書 Ngā-gáuk Cṳ̆
Mandarin: cmn 雅各書 Yǎgèshū
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Yakobo
Corsican: co Ghjàcumu
Czech: cs Jakub m
Danish: da Jakob
Dutch: nl Jakobus m
Esperanto: eo Jakobo
Estonian: et Jaakobuse
Faroese: fo Jákup m
Finnish: fi Jaakobin kirje
Franco-Provençal: frp Jâque
French: fr Jacques m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Jakobus
Galician: gl Santiago m, gl Xacobe, gl Iago m
German: de Jakobus m
Greek: el Ιάκωβος m, el Ιακώβ m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰάκωβος m
Greenlandic: kl Jaaku
Hawaiian: haw Iakobo
Hebrew: he איגרת יעקב f אִגֶּרֶת יַעֲקֹב Iggèret-ya'Aqóv
Hindi: hi याक़ूब m
Hungarian: hu Jakab
Icelandic: is Jakob m
Ido: io Iakobus m
Indonesian: id Yakobus
Irish: ga Séamas m
Italian: it Giacomo
Japanese: ja ヤコブの手紙 Yakobu no Tegami
Kannada: kn ಯಾಕೋಬನು
Kazakh: kk Жақыптың хаты
Khmer: km យ៉ាកុប
Latin: la Iacobus
Latvian: lv Jēkaba vēstule m
Limburgish: li Jakobus
Lithuanian: lt Jokū̃bo láiškas f
Lombard: lmo Giacum
Malay: ms Yakobus
Malayalam: ml യാക്കോബ്
Maltese: mt Ġakbu m
Manx: gv Jamys
Māori: mi Hēmi
Marathi: mr याकोब
Nepali: ne याकूब
Norwegian: no Jakob
Odia: or ଯାକୁବଙ୍କ ପତ୍ର
Polish: pl List Jakuba m
Portuguese: pt Tiago m
Punjabi: pa ਯਾਕੂਬ
Romanian: ro Iacob m
Russian: ru Иа́ков
Scots: sco James
Scottish Gaelic: gd Seumas m
Sicilian: scn Jàcumu m
Slovak: sk Jakubov m
Slovene: sl Jakob m
Spanish: es Santiago
Swahili: sw Yakobo
Swedish: sv Jakobsbrevet n
Tagalog: tl Santiago m
Tamil: ta யாக்கோபு
Telugu: te యాకోబు
Thai: th ยากอบ
Turkish: tr Yakup, tr Yakub
Waray-Waray: war Santiago
Welsh: cy Iago m
Zealandic: zea Jakobus
one of two Apostles
Afrikaans: af Jakobus
Aghwan: xag 𐔺𐔰𐕄𐕒𐔱
Arabic: ar يَعْقُوب m
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܝܥܩܘܒ yaʿqōḇ
Armenian: hy Հակոբ
Basque: eu Jagoba
Breton: br Jakez m
Cebuano: ceb Santiago
Cherokee: chr ᏥᎻ
Chinese:
Eastern Min: cdo 雅各 Ngā-gáuk
Corsican: co Ghjàcumu
Czech: cs Jakub m
Danish: da Jakob
Dutch: nl Jakobus m
Estonian: et Jaakobus
Faroese: fo Jákup m
Finnish: fi Jaakob
Franco-Provençal: frp Jâque
French: fr Jacques
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Jakobus
Galician: gl Santiago
German: de Jakobus
Greek: el Ιάκωβος m, el Ιακώβ m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰάκωβος
Greenlandic: kl Jaaku
Hawaiian: haw Iakobo
Hebrew: he יַעֲקֹב בֵּן זַבְדִי m Ya'Aqóv bèn Zavdí
Hindi: hi याक़ूब m
Hungarian: hu Jakab
Icelandic: is Jakob m
Ido: io Iakobus m
Indonesian: id Yakobus
Irish: ga Séamas m, ga Naomh Séamas m
Italian: it Giacomo
Japanese: ja ヤコブ Yakobu
Kazakh: kk Жақып
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb یاقوب
Kyrgyz: ky Жакып
Latin: la Iacobus
Latvian: lv Jēkabs m
Limburgish: li Jakobus
Lithuanian: lt Jokū̃bas m
Maltese: mt Ġakbu
Manx: gv Jamys
Māori: mi Hēmi
Norman: nrf Jacques m
Norwegian: no Jakob
Plautdietsch: pdt Jakobus
Polish: pl Jakub m
Portuguese: pt Tiago
Romanian: ro Iacob m
Russian: ru Иа́ков
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Jáhkot
Scots: sco James
Scottish Gaelic: gd Seumas m
Sicilian: scn Jàcumu m
Slovak: sk Jakubov m
Slovene: sl Jakob m
Spanish: es Santiago, es Jacobo
Swahili: sw Yakobo
Swedish: sv Jakob
Tagalog: tl Santiago m
Thai: th ยากอบ
Ukrainian: uk Яків
Vietnamese: vi Giacôbê Roman Catholic, vi Giacơ Protestant
Waray-Waray: war Santiago
Welsh: cy Iago m
Zealandic: zea Jakobus
male given name (the standard form)
Afrikaans: af Jakobus, af Jako, af Jacobus, af Jaco
Aghwan: xag 𐔺𐔰𐕄𐕒𐔱
Arabic: ar جَايْمْز m jaymz transliteration, ar جَيْمْس m
Aragonese: an Chaime
Armenian: hy Հակոբ
Azerbaijani: az Ceyms
Basque: eu Jakes
Belarusian: be Я́каў m
Breton: br Jagu, br Jakez
Bulgarian: bg Яков m
Catalan: ca Jaume, ca Xaume
Cebuano: ceb Santiago
Cherokee: chr ᏤᎻ
Chinese:
Eastern Min: cdo 雅各 Ngā-gáuk
Mandarin: cmn 詹姆斯 Zhānmǔsī
Cornish: kw Jago
Corsican: co Ghjàcumu
Czech: cs Jakub m
Danish: da Jakob
Dutch: nl Jacob, nl Jacobus regnal names
Esperanto: eo Jakobo
Estonian: et Jaak
Faroese: fo Jákup m
Finnish: fi Jaakko
Franco-Provençal: frp Jâque
French: fr Jacques
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Jakobus
Friulian: fur Jacum
Galician: gl Iago, gl Xacobe, gl Xácome, gl Xaime, gl Santiago m
Georgian: ka იაკობი, ka ჯეიმზ transliteration
German: de Jakob
Bavarian: bar Jakoub
Greek: el Ιάκωβος m, el Ιακώβ m, el Τζέιμς
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰάκωβος m
Greenlandic: kl Jaaku
Hawaiian: haw Kimo, haw Iakopo
Hebrew: transcription he ג׳יימס m
Hindi: hi जेम्स m
Hungarian: hu Jakab
Icelandic: is Jakob
Ido: io Iakobus m
Ingrian: izh Jaakko
Irish: ga Séamas m, ga Séamus m
Italian: it Giacomo
Japanese: ja ジェームズ Jēmuzu, ja ジェイムズ Jeimuzu
Korean: ko ^야고보, ko ^제임스
Latin: Late Latin la Jacomus
Latvian: lv Jēkabs m, transliteration lv Džeimss m
Limburgish: li Jakobus
Lithuanian: lt Jokū̃bas
Malay: ms Yakub, ms Yaacob British misspelling
Maltese: mt Ġakbu
Manx: gv Jamys
Māori: mi Hēmi
Marathi: mr जेम्स m
Norman: nrf Jimce m
Norwegian: no Jakob
Occitan: oc Jammes, oc James, oc Jacme (Provençal), oc Jaume m
Persian: fa جیمز jeymz
Polish: pl Jakub m
Portuguese: pt Diogo, pt Jaime, pt Tiago, pt Iago
Romanian: ro Iacob
Russian: ru Я́ков, ru Джеймс m transliteration
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Jáhkot
Sanskrit: sa जेम्स m
Scots: sco James, sco Hamish
Scottish Gaelic: gd Seumas m
Sicilian: scn Jàcumu m
Slovak: sk Jakub
Slovene: sl Jakob m
Spanish: es Yago, es Jaime, es Santiago, es Jacobo, es Diego
Swahili: sw Yakobo
Swedish: sv Jakob
Tagalog: tl Jaime, tl Santiago
Turkish: tr Yakub, tr Yakup
Ukrainian: uk Я́ків m
Walloon: wa Djåke
Waray-Waray: war Santiago
Welsh: cy Iago
Zealandic: zea Jakobus
Statistics
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.
Further reading
Popularity of the Name James
James Last Name Popularity, Meaning, and Origin
Anagrams
en aejms Semaj
en eponyms
en Biblical characters
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en James, the English New Testament form of en Jacob, from ceb fro James, from ceb la-vul Iacomus, spoken and altered pronunciation of ceb la Iacobus, from ceb grc Ἰάκωβος, from grc Ἰακώβ, from ceb hbo - he יַעֲקֹב Yaʿăqōḇ.
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb male English < Hebrew
Danish
Etymology
From da en James in the 19th century.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male
French
Etymology
From fr fro James, from fr la-vul Iacomus, spoken and altered pronunciation of fr la Iacobus, from fr grc Ἰάκωβος, from grc Ἰακώβ, from fr he יַעֲקֹב Yaʿăqōḇ.
Pronunciation
DJemsse +
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-James.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
fr proper noun
fr male
Hungarian
Pronunciation
dzsémsz
hu James
hu eːms 1
Proper noun
hu proper noun
en James
Declension
Jamese e - szJames ei
Derived terms
hu jamesi
Middle English
Alternative forms
enm Ȝame Gemes Iam Iames Iamys Iame Ieme
Etymology
From enm fro James, from enm la-vul Iacomus, spoken and altered pronunciation of enm la Iacobus, from enm grc Ἰάκωβος, from grc Ἰακώβ, from enm he יַעֲקֹב Yaʿăqōḇ.
Pronunciation
enm /ˈdʒaːməs/ /dʒaːmz/ /ˈdʒɛːm(ə)s/ /ˈdʒaːm(ə)/
Proper noun
enm proper noun
James the Greater or James the Less apostles
en James (enm male Old French)
en James (enm)
Descendants
1 en James
1 sco Jeams
1 sco Jeamie Jeemie Jamie Jaimie diminutive
1 sco Jeamock diminutive
1 sco Jamesie diminutive
1 sco Jizer diminutive
1 sco Peem Pim diminutive
1 sco Pimmie diminutive
1 sco Peemser diminutive
yol Jaames
References
Jāme n MED23772 2018-05-03
enm Biblical characters
Swedish
Etymology
From sv en James in the 19th century.
Proper noun
c
sv male
References
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.