James
English
/d͡ʒeɪmz/
proper noun
Definitions
- (biblical) The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
- One of two Apostles, the James the Greater and the James the Less, often identified with the James, brother of Jesus.
- popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English James derived from Old French James derived from Latin Iacomus, Iacobus derived from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος derived from Hebrew (modern) יַעֲקֹב (heel-grabber, Jacob) derived from Old French James.
Origin
Old French
James
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hamish English
- Jacob English
- Jamesian English
- Jameson English
- Jamesonian English
- Jamester English
- Jamestown English
- San Diegan English
- San Diego English
- San Diego-Tijuana English
- Seamus English
- Shamus English
- jamesite English
- town English
- Iacobus Latin
- Iacomus Latin
- Iacōbus Latin
- Iācōbus Latin
- Sanctus, sanctus Latin
- sanctus, Sanctus Iācōbus Latin
- Jakobus German
- Яков Russian
- Jacob Spanish, Castilian
- Jaime Spanish, Castilian
- San Diego Spanish, Castilian
- Ἰάκωβος Ancient Greek
- Ἰακώβ Ancient Greek
- James Swedish
- ジェームス Japanese
- James Middle English
- Séamaisín Irish
- Séamas Irish
- James Danish
- يَعْقُوب Arabic
- James Old French
- Ĵamestaŭno Esperanto
- Jaume Catalan, Valencian
- James Cebuano
- jacob Middle Dutch
- Iacób Old Irish
- Seumas Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Sheumais Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Giacôbê Vietnamese
- יעקבֿ Yiddish
- יַעֲקֹב Hebrew (modern)
- יַעֲקֹב Hebrew (modern)
- יעקב Hebrew (modern)
- 詹姆斯 Chinese
- Якаў Belarusian
- Jacum Friulian
- *Giacubu Sicilian
- יַעֲקֹב hbo
- Semisi Tongan (Tonga Islands)