James

James

See also: james, jamés, ja mes, and ja més

English

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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 Jacob and jacuzzi.

See Occitan Jacme for an intermediary between Old French James and Catalan Jaume.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeɪmz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪmz

Proper noun

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 unincorporatedcommunity in Jones County, Georgia, United States.
   2. An unincorporatedcommunity in Plymouth County, Iowa, United States.
   3. A township in Timiskaming District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.

Derived terms

• Deeping St James
• jamescameroni
• James City
• Jamestown
• King James
• KJV
• Pristimantis jamescameroni
• Saint James
• Saint-James
• St. James
• St James
• St-James
• St.-James

 

Related terms

• Jacob and its variants

pet forms

• Jaime
• Jake
• Jambo
• Jamie
• Jay
• Jem
• Jemmy
• Jim
• Jimbo
• Jimmi
• Jimmie
• Jimmy

 

surnames

• Jameson
• St. James

 

Descendants

• ⇒ 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

Translations

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Jakobus (af) Arabic: يَعْقُوب‎ (ar) m (yaʿqūb) Armenian: Հակոբ (hy) (Hakob) Basque: Jagoba (eu) Breton: Jakez (br) m Burmese: ရှင်ယာကုပ်​‌ဩဝါဒစာ (hrang-yakup​‌au:wada.ca) Catalan: Jaume (ca) m Cebuano: Santiago Chinese: Cantonese: 雅各書, 雅各书 (ngaa5 gok3 syu1) Mandarin: 雅各書／雅各书 (zh) (Yǎgèshū) Min Dong: 雅各書, 雅各书 (Ngā-gáuk Cṳ̆) Corsican: Ghjàcumu (co) Czech: Jakub (cs) m Danish: Jakob (da) Dutch: Jakobus (nl) m Esperanto: Jakobo Estonian: Jaakobuse Faroese: Jákup (fo) m Finnish: Jaakobin kirje (fi) Franco-Provençal: Jâque French: Jacques (fr) m Galician: Santiago (gl) m, Xacobe (gl) German: Jakobus (de) m Greek: Ιάκωβος (el) m (Iákovos), Ιακώβ (el) m (Iakóv) Ancient Greek: Ἰάκωβος m (Iákōbos) Greenlandic: Jaaku (kl) Hawaiian: Iakobo Hebrew: אִגֶּרֶת יַעֲקֹב‎ f (Iggèret-ya'Aqóv) Hungarian: Jakab (hu) Icelandic: Jakob (is) m Ido: Iakobus (io) m Indonesian: Yakobus Irish: Séamas (ga) m Italian: Giacomo (it) Japanese: ヤコブの手紙 (Yakobu no Tegami) Kannada: ಯಾಕೋಬನು (yākōbanu) Kazakh: Жақыптың хаты (Jaqyptyñ xaty) Khmer: យ៉ាកុប (yaakop) Latin: Iacobus (la) Latvian: Jēkaba vēstule m Limburgish: Jakobus Lithuanian: Jokūbo laiškas (lt) f Lombard: Giacum Malayalam: യാക്കോബ് (yākkōbŭ) Maltese: Ġakbu (mt) m Manx: Jamys (gv) Maori: Hēmi (mi) Marathi: याकोब (yākob) Nepali: याकूब (yākūb) Ngazidja Comorian: Yakobo Norwegian: Jakob (no) Oriya: ଯାକୁବଙ୍କ ପତ୍ର (jakubôṅkô pôtrô) Polish: List Jakuba Portuguese: Tiago (pt) m Punjabi: ਯਾਕੂਬ (yākūb) Romanian: Iacob (ro) m Russian: Иа́ков (ru) (Iákov) Scots: Hamish, James Scottish Gaelic: Seumas (gd) m Sicilian: Jàcumu m Slovak: Jakubov m Slovene: Jakob (sl) m Spanish: Santiago (es) Swahili: Yakobo (sw) Swedish: Jakob (sv) Tagalog: Santiago (tl) m Tamil: யாக்கோபு (yākkōpu) Telugu: యాకోబు (yākōbu) Thai: ยากอบ Waray-Waray: Santiago Welsh: Iago (cy) m West Frisian: Jakobus Zealandic: Jakobus

one of two Apostles

Afrikaans: Jakobus (af) Aghwan: 𐔺𐔰𐕄𐕒𐔱 (yaḳob) Arabic: يَعْقُوب‎ (ar) m (yaʿqūb) Armenian: Հակոբ (hy) (Hakob) Basque: Jagoba (eu) Breton: Jakez (br) m Cebuano: Santiago Chinese: Min Dong: 雅各 (Ngā-gáuk) Corsican: Ghjàcumu (co) Czech: Jakub (cs) m Danish: Jakob (da) Dutch: Jakobus (nl) m, Jaap (nl) m Estonian: Jaakobus Faroese: Jákup (fo) m Finnish: Jaakob (fi) Franco-Provençal: Jâque French: Jacques (fr) Galician: Santiago (gl) German: Jakobus (de) Greek: Ιάκωβος (el) m (Iákovos), Ιακώβ (el) m (Iakóv) Ancient: Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos) Greenlandic: Jaaku (kl) Hawaiian: Iakobo Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב בֵּן זַבְדִי‎ m (Ya'Aqóv bèn Zavdí) Hungarian: Jakab (hu) Icelandic: Jakob (is) m Ido: Iakobus (io) m Indonesian: Yakobus Irish: Séamas (ga) m, Naomh Séamas m Italian: Giacomo (it) Japanese: ヤコブ (Yakobu) Kazakh: Жақып (Jaqyp) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: یاقوب‎ (yaqub) Latin: Iacobus (la) Latvian: Jēkabs m Limburgish: Jakobus Lithuanian: Jokūbas m Maltese: Ġakbu (mt) Manx: Jamys (gv) Maori: Hēmi (mi) Norman: Jacques m Northern Sami: Jáhkot Norwegian: Jakob (no) Plautdietsch: Jakobus Polish: Jakub (pl) Portuguese: Tiago (pt) Romanian: Iacob (ro) m Russian: Иа́ков (ru) (Iákov) Scots: Hamish, James Scottish Gaelic: Seumas (gd) m Sicilian: Jàcumu m Slovak: Jakubov m Slovene: Jakob (sl) m Spanish: Santiago (es), Jacobo (es) Swahili: Yakobo (sw) Swedish: Jakob (sv) Tagalog: Santiago (tl) m Thai: ยากอบ Vietnamese: Giacôbê (Roman Catholic), Giacơ (Protestant) Waray-Waray: Santiago Welsh: Iago (cy) m West Frisian: Jakobus Zealandic: Jakobus

male given name (the standard form)

Afrikaans: Jakobus (af) Aghwan: 𐔺𐔰𐕄𐕒𐔱 (yaḳob) Arabic: جَايْمْز‎ m (jaymz) (transliteration), جَيْمْس‎ m (jayms) Aragonese: Chaime Armenian: Հակոբ (hy) (Hakob) Azerbaijani: Ceyms Basque: Jakes Bavarian: Jakoub Belarusian: Я́каў m (Jákaŭ) Breton: Jagu, Jakez (br) Bulgarian: Яков m (Jakov) Catalan: Jaume (ca), Xaume Cebuano: Santiago Chinese: Mandarin: 詹姆斯 (zh) (Zhānmǔsī) Min Dong: 雅各 (Ngā-gáuk) Cornish: Jago Corsican: Ghjàcumu (co) Czech: Jakub (cs) m Danish: Jakob (da) Dutch: Jacob (nl), Jaak Esperanto: Jakobo Estonian: Jaak Faroese: Jákup (fo) m Finnish: Jaakko (fi) Franco-Provençal: Jâque French: Jacques (fr) Friulian: Jacum Galician: Iago (gl), Xacobe (gl), Xácome (gl), Xaime (gl), Santiago (gl) m Georgian: იაკობი (iaḳobi), ჯეიმზ (ǯeimz) (transliteration) German: Jakob (de) Greek: Ιάκωβος (el) m (Iákovos), Ιακώβ (el) m (Iakóv), Τζέιμς (el) (Tzéims) Ancient Greek: Ἰάκωβος m (Iákōbos) Greenlandic: Jaaku (kl) Hawaiian: Kimo, Iakopo Hebrew: (transcription) ג׳יימס‎ m Hungarian: Jakab (hu) Icelandic: Jakob (is) Ido: Iakobus (io) m Irish: Séamas (ga) m, Séamus m Italian: Giacomo (it) Japanese: ジェームズ (Jēmuzu), ジェイムズ (Jeimuzu) Korean: 야고보 (Yagobo), 제임스 (Jeimseu) Latin: (Late Latin) Jacomus Latvian: Jēkabs m, (transliteration) Džeimss m Limburgish: Jakobus Lithuanian: Jokūbas Malay: Yakub, Yaacob (British misspelling) Maltese: Ġakbu (mt) Manx: Jamys (gv) Maori: Hēmi (mi) Marathi: जेम्स m (jemsa) Norman: Jimce m Northern Sami: Jáhkot Norwegian: Jakob (no) Occitan: Jammes, James (oc), Jacme (oc) (Provençal), Jaume (oc) m Persian: جیمز‎ (fa) (jeymz) Polish: Jakub (pl) Portuguese: Diogo (pt), Jaime (pt), Tiago (pt), Iago (pt) Romanian: Iacob (ro) Russian: Я́ков (ru) (Jákov), Джеймс (ru) m (Džejms) (transliteration) Scots: Hamish, James Scottish Gaelic: Seumas (gd) m Sicilian: Jàcumu m Slovak: Jakub Slovene: Jakob (sl) m Spanish: Yago (es), Jaime (es), Santiago (es), Jacobo (es), Diego (es) Swahili: Yakobo (sw) Swedish: Jakob (sv) Tagalog: Jaime, Santiago (tl) Turkish: Yakub, Yakup Ukrainian: Я́ків m (Jákiv) Walloon: Djåke (wa) Waray-Waray: Santiago Welsh: Iago (cy) West Frisian: Jakobus Zealandic: Jakobus

Anagrams

• Semaj

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Cebuano

Etymology

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).

Proper noun

James

1. a male given name from Hebrew

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Danish

Etymology

From English James in the 19th century.

Proper noun

James

1. a male given name

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒeːms]
• Hyphenation: James
• Rhymes: -eːms

Proper noun

James

1. James

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	James	Jamesek
accusative	Jamest	Jameseket
dative	Jamesnek	Jameseknek
instrumental	Jamesszel	Jamesekkel
causal-final	Jamesért	Jamesekért
translative	Jamesszé	Jamesekké
terminative	Jamesig	Jamesekig
essive-formal	Jamesként	Jamesekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Jamesben	Jamesekben
superessive	Jamesen	Jameseken
adessive	Jamesnél	Jameseknél
illative	Jamesbe	Jamesekbe
sublative	Jamesre	Jamesekre
allative	Jameshez	Jamesekhez
elative	Jamesből	Jamesekből
delative	Jamesről	Jamesekről
ablative	Jamestől	Jamesektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	Jamesé	Jameseké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Jameséi	Jamesekéi

Possessive forms of James
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Jamesem	Jameseim
2nd person sing.	Jamesed	Jameseid
3rd person sing.	Jamese	Jamesei
1st person plural	Jamesünk	Jameseink
2nd person plural	Jamesetek	Jameseitek
3rd person plural	Jamesük	Jameseik

Derived terms

• jamesi

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• Ȝame, Gemes, Iam, Iames, Iamys, Iame, Ieme

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒaːməs/, /dʒaːmz/, /ˈdʒɛːm(ə)s/, /ˈdʒaːm(ə)/

Proper noun

James

1. James the Greater or James the Less (apostles)
2. James (a male given name from Old French)
3. James (a surname)

Descendants

• ⇒ 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

References

• “Jāme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-03.

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Swedish

Etymology

From English James in the 19th century.

Proper noun

James c (genitive James)

1. a male given name

References

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.