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James is one of the most common male names in the English-speaking world. In the United States, James was one of the five most common given names for male babies for most of the 20th century. Its popularity peaked during the Baby Boom (Census records 1940–1960), when it was the most popular name for baby boys. Its popularity has declined ...
The name James is the English New Testament variant for the Hebrew name Jacob. It entered the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages from the French variation of the late Latin name for Jacob, Iacomus ; a dialect variant of Iacobus , from the New Testament Greek Ἰάκωβος ( Iákōvos ), and ultimately from Hebrew word יעקב ( Yaʻaqov ...
Jimmy is a male given name. It is predominately used as a diminutive form of the given name James, along with its short form, Jim.. Both can also be used as the adaptation into English of the modern Greek name Dimitris (Δημήτρης) or the older Dimitrios (Δημήτριος), especially amongst Greek immigrants in English-speaking countries, due the similarity in the sound of the short ...
Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became Jacome and later Jacme.In east Spain, Jacme became Jaime, in Aragon it became Chaime, and in Catalonia it became Jaume.
James (given name) James (surname) James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician; James, brother of Jesus; King James (disambiguation), various kings named James; Prince James (disambiguation) Saint James (disambiguation)
Related names Jimmy , Jimi, Jimmi, Jimmie, James , Jack , Jimbo , Jacob , Jimena Jim is a given name or a hypocorism of the given name James or Jimena , and a short form of Jimmy.
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Jacques is the French equivalent of James, ultimately originating from the name Jacob. Jacques is derived from the Late Latin Iacobus, from the Greek Ἰακώβος (Septuagintal Greek Ἰακώβ), from the Hebrew name Jacob יַעֲקֹב . [18] (See Jacob.) James is derived from Iacomus, a variant of Iacobus. [19]