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This article is about the given name James. For the British indie rock band, see James (band).

James is a common given name. It is the most popular name for a male in the United States according to the 1990 U.S. Census. [1] It is derived from the same Hebrew name as Jacob, meaning "grasps by the heel" or "supplanter," probably in a deceiving way (In the bible Jacob was born grasping Esau's heel and later bought his birthright).

Etymology

The name came into English language from the French variation Gemmes of the Late Latin word Iacomus, a substandard dialect variant of Iacobus, from the New Testament Greek Template:Polytonic (Iakōbos), from Hebrew יעקב (Yaʻaqov). Cognates include Jacob.

Translations

  • Amharic: ያዕቆብ (Ya`iqob)
  • Afrikaans: Jakob, or Jacobus
  • Arabic: يعقوب (Yaʻqub)
  • Armenian: Հակոբ (western Hagop, eastern Hakob)
  • Azerbaijani: Yaqub
  • Basque: Jakes
  • Belarusian: Jakub
  • Breton: Jagu, Jagut, Jacut, Jak, Jakes, Jakez, Jakezig, Jakou
  • Bulgarian: Яков, (Yakov)
  • Catalan: Jaim, Jaume, Xaume
  • Chinese: 雅各 (pinyin: yǎgè), 詹姆士 (pinyin: zhānmǔshì), 詹姆斯 (pinyin: zhānmǔsī)
  • Cornish: Jago, Jammes, Jamma
  • Croatian: Jakov
  • Czech: Jakub, Jakoubek, Kubicek (diminutive), Kubes Kubes, Kuba (diminutive)
  • Danish: Jakob, Jeppe, Ib.
  • Dutch: Jacob(us), Jakob, Jaap (diminutive), Cobus (diminutive), Coos (diminutive), Chime (diminutive)
  • English: Jacob, Jakob (uncommon, by way of German, Yiddish, etc.), Jacoby (rare, chiefly American, and originally a surname), Jake (diminutive), Jakey (diminutive), Jackie (diminutive, chiefly British), Jack (diminutive, also taken as short for John), Coby (diminutive, uncommon, chiefly American); James, Jamie (diminutive, chiefly British), Jaime/Jaimie (diminutive, uncommon, chiefly American, and by way of Spanish), Jim (diminutive), Jimmy/Jimmi/Jimi (diminutive); Jacqueline/Jaqueline (feminized, by way of French), Jacqui/Jaqui (feminized diminutive), Jackie (feminized diminutive, chiefly American), Jacki (feminized diminutive), Jamie (feminized, chiefly American), Jamey/Jami (feminized)
  • Finnish: Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jaakko
  • French: Jacques, Jacob, Jacquot, Jacot, Jaco, Jack (diminutive), Jacky (diminutive), Jacq (diminutive), Jacquy(diminutive), Jame, Gemmes (Normandy), Gemme (Normandy), Jacomo; Jacqueline (feminized)
  • Korean: 야고보 (romaja: Yagobo)
  • Galician: Xaime, Iago, Diego, Xacobe
  • German: Jakob, Jeckel (diminutive), Jaeckel (diminutive)
  • Modern Greek: Ιάκωβος (Iakovos)
  • Hawaiian: Kimo
  • Hebrew: יעקב (Ya'aqov)
  • Hungarian: Jakab
  • Icelandic: Jakob
  • Indonesian: Yakob, Yakobus
  • Italian: Giacomo, Jacopo, Giacobbe, Lapo
  • Irish: Séamas/Séumas, Shéamais (vocative, whence anglicized Hamish), Seamus (anglicized), Shamus (anglicized), Séimí (diminutive), Séimín (diminutive)
  • Japanese: Most common:ジェームズ (romaji:Jēmuzu) Also: ジェイムス(romaji:Jeimusu) and ジェムス (romaji:Jemusu) and ヤコブ(Yakobu)
  • Latin: Iacobus, Iacomus (vulgarized)
  • Malayalam: യാക്കോബ്‌ (Yacob), ചാക്കോ (Chacko)
  • Manx: Jayms
  • Māori: Hemi
  • Norwegian: Jakob, Jeppe
  • Occitan: Jammes, James
  • Portuguese: Jacó, Jaime, Iago, Thiago, Tiago, Diogo, Diego
  • Polish: Jakub, Kuba, Kubuś (diminutive)
  • Provençal: Jacme
  • Romanian: Iacob, Iacov
  • Russian: Яков (Yakov), Яша (Yasha) (diminutive)
  • Scottish Gaelic: Seumas, Sheumais (vocative), Hamish (anglicized)
  • Serbian (Cyrillic/Latinic): Јаков/Jakov (Yakov); Јаша/Jaša (Yasha) (diminutive)
  • Spanish: Jacobo, Iago, Yago, Santiago, Diego, Jaime
  • Syriac: ܝܰܥܩܽܘܒ (Yaqub)
  • Swedish: Jakob
  • Tagalog: Jaime
  • Turkish: Yakup
  • Ukrainian: Яків (Yakiv)
  • Welsh: Siam, Iago
  • Yiddish: Yankel (diminutive), Koppel (diminutive)

Famous persons with the given name James

Religious Figures

See also James (saints)

  • Saint James the Great or Saint James of Compostela, brother of John the Apostle
  • Saint James the Less, a brother of the apostle Matthew and the son of Mary (not Mary, mother of Jesus)
  • James the Just, brother of Jesus and believed to have written one of the books of the New Testament, the Epistle of James.

Kings of Scotland and/or England

  • James I of Scotland (1394–1437), king of Scotland from 1406 until 1437 (from 1406 to 1424 he was king in name only)
  • James II of Scotland (1430–1460) king of Scotland from 1437 to 1460
  • James III of Scotland (1451/1452–1488), king of Scotland from 1460 to 1488
  • James IV of Scotland (1473–1513) was king of Scotland from 1488 to 1513
  • James V of Scotland (1512–1542) was king of Scotland from 1513 to 1542
  • James I of England (James VI of Scotland) (1566–1625) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland, and was the first Sovereign to reign in the three realms simultaneously
  • James II of England (James VII of Scotland) (1633–1701) was king of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688, and was the last Catholic monarch to reign over England, Scotland, or Ireland

Kings of Aragon

  • James I of Aragon (1208–1276), surnamed the Conqueror, was the king of Aragon, count of Barcelona and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276
  • James II of Aragon (1267–1327), called The Just (Catalan: El Just) was the second son of Peter III of Aragon and Constance of Sicily

Presidents of the United States of America

Vice Presidents of the United States of America

Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

Musicians, bands

Other

  • James Boswell (1740-1795), lawyer, diarist, and author born in Edinburgh, Scotland]
  • James Caan, actor, appeared as Sonny Corleone in the movie "The Godfather"
  • James Cagney (1899-1986), American film actor
  • James Cook (1728–1779), British explorer and navigator
  • James Cromwell (b. 1940), American television and film actor
  • James Dean (1931–1955), actor
  • James Doohan (1920-2005), Irish-Canadian character and voice actor best known for his portrayal of Scotty in the television and film series Star Trek
  • James Earl Jones (b. 1932), actor
  • James Earl Ray (1928–1998), the convicted assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • James Gandolfini, actor who plays Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos"
  • James Hamilton, American actor famous for his role as Commissioner Gordon on the Batman TV series
  • James King, model and actress, also known as Jaime King
  • James Morgan (1776-1856), British architect and engineer
  • James Randi (b. 1928), stage magician and skeptic, most notably a debunker of claims of the paranormal
  • James Stewart (1908-1997), American film actor
  • James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish engineer and inventor
  • James Whale (1889-1957) English film director. Directed over 20 Hollywood films.
  • James Worthy (b. 1961), college and professional basketball player from Gastonia, North Carolina
  • James Root (b. 1971), current guitar player for Slipknot and Stone Sour
  • James P. Hoffa (b. 1941) is the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He is the only son of Jimmy Hoffa.
  • James Rhine (b. 1976), is a player on the reality show Big Brother (US TV series) during season 6 and 7.
  • James Arnold Taylor (b. 1969) Voice Over Actor

Fictional characters

Animals

Variant of the James

  • Jimmy Wales (b. 1966), the founder and President of the Wikimedia Foundation

Famous persons with the family name James

See James (surname)

References

See also

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