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 Jacob and jacuzzi.

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 964384981, 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; a Poem, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, OCLC 6632529, 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.

• 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)
• → 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

• 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 Hebrew

From English James in the 19th century.

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)
  • → 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

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.