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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 ...
Séamus ( Irish pronunciation: [ˈʃeːmˠəsˠ]) is an Goidelic male given name, of Hebrew origin via Latin. It is the Irish equivalent of the name James. 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 ...
Jacques as given name. 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 . [ 16] (. See Jacob .) James is derived from Iacomus, a variant of Iacobus.
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 ...
The author is identified as “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ” (James 1:1). James (Jacob, Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, romanized: Ya'aqov, Greek: Ιάκωβος, romanized: Iakobos) was an extremely common name in antiquity, and a number of early Christian figures are named James, including: James the son of Zebedee, James the son of Alphaeus, and James the brother of Jesus ...
James was the son of Zebedee and Salome. Salome was a sister of Mary (mother of Jesus) which made James the Great a cousin of Jesus. James is styled "the Greater" to distinguish him from the Apostle James "the Less," with "greater" meaning older or taller, rather than more important. James the Great was the brother of John the Apostle.
Related names Jimmy , Jimi, Jimmi, Jimmie, James , Jack , Jimbo , Jacob Jim is a given name or a hypocorism of the given name James and a short form of Jimmy.
Mint Images/Getty Images. A Sanskrit boy’s name that means ‘star’ and ‘protector.' 22. Zeke. Although in Hebrew Zeke is a shortened version of Ezekial, the Old Testament prophet, in Arabic ...