James

Etymology
The English New Testament form of Jacob, from, from , from , spoken and altered pronunciation of , from , from , from. . In reference to the Ecuadorian island, a modification of the earlier name after its eponymous duke's coronation as  of England.

See 🇨🇬 for an intermediary between and 🇨🇬.

Proper noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 3)  popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.
 * 4) * 1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, ISBN 0151239576, page 184:
 * Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy.
 * 1) A placename
 * Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy.
 * 1) A placename
 * 1) A placename

Related terms

 * and its variants

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque:
 * Breton:
 * Burmese: ရှင်ယာကုပ်​‌ဩဝါဒစာ
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: Santiago
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 雅各書
 * Eastern Min: 雅各書
 * Mandarin:
 * Corsican:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Jakobo
 * Estonian: Jaakobuse
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * Franco-Provençal: Jâque
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek: Ἰάκωβος
 * Greenlandic:
 * Hawaiian: Iakobo
 * Hebrew: איגרת יעקב
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: Yakobus
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ヤコブの手紙
 * Kannada: ಯಾಕೋಬನು
 * Kazakh: Жақыптың хаты
 * Khmer: យ៉ាកុប
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: Jēkaba vēstule
 * Limburgish: Jakobus
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lombard: Giacum
 * Malayalam: യാക്കോബ്
 * Maltese:
 * Manx:
 * Maori:
 * Marathi: याकोब
 * Nepali: याकूब
 * Ngazidja Comorian: Yakobo
 * Norwegian:
 * Odia: ଯାକୁବଙ୍କ ପତ୍ର
 * Polish: List Jakuba
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਯਾਕੂਬ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: Hamish, James
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Sicilian: Jàcumu
 * Slovak: Jakubov
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tamil: யாக்கோபு
 * Telugu: యాకోబు
 * Thai: ยากอบ
 * Turkish: Yakup, Yakub
 * Waray-Waray: Santiago
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: Jakobus
 * Zealandic: Jakobus


 * Afrikaans:
 * Aghwan: 𐔺𐔰𐕄𐕒𐔱
 * Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܝܥܩܘܒ
 * Armenian:
 * Basque:
 * Breton:
 * Cebuano: Santiago
 * Chinese:
 * Eastern Min: 雅各
 * Corsican:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: Jaakobus
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * Franco-Provençal: Jâque
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: Ἰάκωβος
 * Greenlandic:
 * Hawaiian: Iakobo
 * Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב בֵּן זַבְדִי
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: Yakobus
 * Irish:, Naomh Séamas
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ヤコブ
 * Kazakh: Жақып
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: یاقوب
 * Kyrgyz: Жакып
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: Jēkabs
 * Limburgish: Jakobus
 * Lithuanian: Jokū̃bas
 * Maltese:
 * Manx:
 * Maori:
 * Norman: Jacques
 * Northern Sami: Jáhkot
 * Norwegian:
 * Plautdietsch: Jakobus
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: Hamish, James
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Sicilian: Jàcumu
 * Slovak: Jakubov
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai: ยากอบ
 * Ukrainian: Яків
 * Vietnamese: Giacôbê, Giacơ
 * Waray-Waray: Santiago
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: Jakobus
 * Zealandic: Jakobus


 * Afrikaans:, Jako, Jacobus, Jaco
 * Aghwan: 𐔺𐔰𐕄𐕒𐔱
 * Arabic: جَايْمْز, جَيْمْس
 * Aragonese: Chaime
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: Ceyms
 * Basque: Jakes
 * Bavarian: Jakoub
 * Belarusian: Я́каў
 * Breton: Jagu,
 * Bulgarian: Яков
 * Catalan:, Xaume
 * Cebuano: Santiago
 * Chinese:
 * Eastern Min: 雅各
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: Jago
 * Corsican:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, Jaak
 * Esperanto: Jakobo
 * Estonian: Jaak
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * Franco-Provençal: Jâque
 * French:
 * Friulian: Jacum
 * Galician:, , , ,
 * Georgian: იაკობი, ჯეიმზ
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient Greek: Ἰάκωβος
 * Greenlandic:
 * Hawaiian: Kimo, Iakopo
 * Hebrew: ג׳יימס
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: Jaakko
 * Irish:, Séamus
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ジェームズ, ジェイムズ
 * Korean: ^야고보, ^제임스
 * Latin: Jacomus
 * Latvian: Jēkabs, Džeimss
 * Limburgish: Jakobus
 * Lithuanian: Jokū̃bas
 * Malay: Yakub, Yaacob
 * Maltese:
 * Manx:
 * Maori:
 * Marathi: जेम्स
 * Norman: Jimce
 * Northern Sami: Jáhkot
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: Jammes,, (Provençal),
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: Hamish, James
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Sicilian: Jàcumu
 * Slovak: Jakub
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, , , ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Jaime,
 * Turkish: Yakub, Yakup
 * Ukrainian: Я́ків
 * Walloon:
 * Waray-Waray: Santiago
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: Jakobus
 * Zealandic: 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.

Etymology
From, the English New Testament form of , from , from , spoken and altered pronunciation of , from , from , from.

Etymology
From in the 19th century.

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From, from , spoken and altered pronunciation of , from , from , from.

Proper noun

 * 1) James the Greater or James the Less apostles

Etymology
From in the 19th century.