James

Meaning

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. A male given name from Hebrew popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.
4. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
5. A placename
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7. A placename
8. A placename

Concepts

James

James River

Jacob

Jack

Jake

Epistle of James

Saint James

Saint James the Apostle

St. James

St. James the Apostle

Henry James

William James

Jesse James

James I

King James

King James I

James II

James IV

Jim

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒeɪmz/

Etymology

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.