James

See also james, and jamés

English

Most common English words: sufficient « conduct « directly « #931: James » Greek » island » special

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒeɪmz/, /ˈdʒeɪms/
• Rhymes: -eɪmz

Etymology

The English New Testament form of Jacob, through the French variation James of the Late Latin Iacomus, dialect variant of Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iacōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iacōb), from Template:He[[Category:Template:He derivations|James]] יעקב (Yaʻaqov).

Proper noun

Template:En-proper-noun Template:Book of the Bible

1. Template:Biblical A book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
2. Template:Biblical character One of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James, brother of Jesus.
3. Template:Given name popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.
4. Template:Surname

Quotations

• Template:RQ:Authorized Version:

  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.

• 1810 Walter Scott, The Lady of the Lake:

  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 0151239576, page 184:

  Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy.

Related terms

• Jacob and its variants
• pet forms: Jaime, Jamie, Jas, Jay, Jim, Jimmie, Jimmy, Jimbo, Jem, Jemmy, Jambo
• surname:Jameson

Translations

book of the Bible

Czech: Jakub cs(cs) m. Japanese: ヤコブの手紙 (yakobu no tegami)

Russian: Иаков ru(ru) (Iákov) Scottish Gaelic: Seumas gd(gd) m.

one of two Apostles

Czech: Jakub cs(cs) m. Danish: Jakob da(da) Estonian: Jaakobus et(et) Finnish: Jaakob fi(fi) French: Jacques fr(fr) German: Jakobus de(de) Hawaiian: [[Iakobo#Template:Haw|Iakobo]] Italian: Giacomo it(it)

Maltese: Ġakbu mt(mt) Northern Sami: [[Jáhkot#Template:Se|Jáhkot]] Norwegian: Jakob no(no) Portuguese: Tiago pt(pt) Russian: Иаков ru(ru) (Iákov) Scottish Gaelic: Seumas gd(gd) m. Spanish: Santiago es(es) Swedish: Jakob sv(sv)

male given name (the standard form)

Arabic: جايمز ar(ar) (jaymz) m. (transliteration) Basque: Jakes Breton: Jagu Catalan: Jaume, Xaume Chinese: Mandarin: 詹姆斯 cmn(cmn) (Zhānmǔsī) Cornish: Jago Czech: Jakub cs(cs) m. Danish: Jacob da(da) Estonian: Jaak et(et) Finnish: Jaakko fi(fi) French: Jacques fr(fr) Galician: Xaime German: Jakob de(de) Hawaiian: Kimo, [[Iakopo#Template:Haw|Iakopo]] Hungarian: Jakab hu(hu) Icelandic: Jakob is(is) Irish: Séamas ga(ga) m., Séamus ga(ga) m.

Italian: Giacomo it(it) Japanese: ジェームズ ja(ja) (Jēmuzu), ジェイムズ ja(ja) (Jeimuzu) Korean: 야고보 ko(ko) (Yagobo) Latin: Jacomus (Late Latin) Maltese: Ġakbu Northern Sami: [[Jáhkot#Template:Se|Jáhkot]] Norwegian: Jakob no(no) Occitan: Jammes, James; Jacme (Provençal) Polish: Jakub pl(pl) Portuguese: Diogo, Jaime, Tiago Russian: Яков ru(ru) (Jákov), Джеймс ru(ru) (Džejms) m. (transliteration) Scottish Gaelic: Seumas gd(gd) m. Slovak: Jakub sk(sk) Spanish: Diego es(es), Jaime es(es), Santiago es(es) Swedish: Jakob sv(sv) Tagalog: Jaime, Santiago Welsh: Iago cy(cy)

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