James

Meaning

Proper Noun

• 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.

Origin

• 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, from Ἰακώβ, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב. Jacob, and jacuzzi.
• See Occitan Jacme for an intermediary between Old French James and Catalan Jaume.