James
Meanings
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- The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
- One of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James, brother of Jesus.
- A male given name from Hebrew popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.
- An English surname originating as a patronymic.
- A placename
- An unincorporated community in Jones County, Georgia, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Plymouth County, Iowa, United States.
- A township in Timiskaming District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.
- Former name of Santiago: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
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Etymology
The English New Testament form of Jacob, from Middle English James, from Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iācōmus, spoken and altered pronunciation of Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Doublet of Jacques, Jacob, Iago, Jago, Yago, Hamish, Seamus, Tiago, Santiago, and Yaakov. 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.
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