James

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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 (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב‎ (Yaʿăqōḇ). Doublet of Jacob.

See Occitan Jacme for an intermediary between Old French James and Catalan Jaume.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeɪmz/
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Rhymes: -eɪmz

Proper nounEdit

James (plural Jameses)

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(biblical) 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.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 10:1–3:
  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.
A male given name from Hebrew popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.
- 1810, Walter Scott, The Lady of the Lake; a Poem, Edinburgh: Printed [by James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, OCLC 6632529, canto VI (The Guard-room), stanza XXVIII, page 286:
  […] 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, page 184:
  Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy.
An English patronymic surname.

Related termsEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

→ Cornish: Jammes, Jamma
→ Fijian: Semesa
→ Hawaiian: Kimo
→ Irish: Séamas, Séamus, Seumas
- → English: Shamus, Seamus
→ Manx: Jayms
→ Maori: Hemi
→ Samoan: Semisi
→ Scottish Gaelic: Seumas
- → English: Hamish
→ Swedish: James
→ Welsh: Siâms

TranslationsEdit

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Jakobus (af)
Arabic: يَعْقُوب‎ m (yaʿqūb)
Basque: Jagoba (eu)
Breton: Jakez (br) m
Burmese: ရှင်ယာကုပ်‌ဩဝါဒစာ (hrang-yakup‌au:wada.ca)
Catalan: Jaume (ca) m
Cebuano: Santiago
Chinese:
Cantonese: 雅各書, 雅各书 (ngaa⁵ gok³ syu¹)

Mandarin: 雅各書 (zh), 雅各书 (zh) (Yǎgèshū)

Min Dong: 雅各書, 雅各书 (Ngā-gáuk Cṳ̆)
Corsican: Ghjàcumu (co)
Czech: Jakub (cs) m
Danish: Jakob (da)
Dutch: Jakobus (nl) m
Estonian: Jaakobuse
Finnish: Jaakobin kirje (fi)
Franco-Provençal: Jâque
French: Jacques (fr) m
Galician: Santiago (gl) m, Xacobe (gl)
German: Jakobus (de) m
Greek: Ιάκωβος (el) m (Iákovos), Ιακώβ (el) m (Iakóv)
Hawaiian: Iakobo
Hebrew: אִגֶּרֶת יַעֲקֹב‎ f (Iggèret-ya'Aqóv)
Hungarian: Jakab (hu)
Icelandic: Jakob (is) m
Ido: Iakobus (io) m
Irish: Séamas (ga) m

Italian: Giacomo (it)
Japanese: ヤコブの手紙 (Yakobu no Tegami)
Kannada: ಯಾಕೋಬನು (yākōbanu)
Kazakh: Жақыптың хаты (Jaqıptıñ xatı)
Khmer: យ៉ាកុប (yaakop)
Latin: Iacobus (la)
Latvian: Jēkaba vēstule m
Limburgish: Jakobus
Lithuanian: Jokūbo laiškas (lt) f
Lombard: Giacum
Malayalam: യാക്കോബ് (yākkōbŭ)
Maori: Hēmi (mi)
Marathi: याकोब (yākob)
Nepali: याकूब (yākūb)
Ngazidja Comorian: Yakobo
Norwegian: Jakob (no)
Oriya: ଯାକୁବଙ୍କ ପତ୍ର (jakubôṅkô pôtrô)
Polish: List Jakuba
Portuguese: Tiago (pt) m
Punjabi: ਯਾਕੂਬ (yākūb)
Romanian: Iacob (ro) m
Russian: Иа́ков (ru) (Iákov)
Scots: Hamish, James
Scottish Gaelic: Seumas (gd) m
Sicilian: Jàcumu m
Slovak: Jakubov m
Slovene: Jakob (sl) m
Spanish: Santiago (es)
Swahili: Yakobo (sw)
Swedish: Jakob (sv)
Tagalog: Santiago (tl) m
Tamil: யாக்கோபு (yākkōpu)
Telugu: యాకోబు (yākōbu)
Thai: ยากอบ
Waray-Waray: Santiago
Welsh: Iago (cy) m
West Frisian: Jakobus
Zealandic: Jakobus

one of two Apostles

Afrikaans: Jakobus (af)
Arabic: يَعْقُوب‎ m (yaʿqūb)
Basque: Jagoba (eu)
Breton: Jakez (br) m
Cebuano: Santiago
Chinese:
Min Dong: 雅各 (Ngā-gáuk)
Corsican: Ghjàcumu (co)
Czech: Jakub (cs) m
Danish: Jakob (da)
Dutch: Jakobus (nl) m, Jaap (nl) m
Estonian: Jaakobus
Finnish: Jaakob (fi)
Franco-Provençal: Jâque
French: Jacques (fr)
Galician: Santiago (gl)
German: Jakobus (de)
Greek: Ιάκωβος (el) m (Iákovos), Ιακώβ (el) m (Iakóv)
Ancient: Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos)
Greenlandic: Jaaku (kl)
Hawaiian: Iakobo
Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב בֵּן זַבְדִי‎ m (Ya'Aqóv bèn Zavdí)
Hungarian: Jakab (hu)
Icelandic: Jakob (is) m
Ido: Iakobus (io) m
Irish: Séamas (ga) m, Naomh Séamas m
Italian: Giacomo (it)
Japanese: ヤコブ (Yakobu)
Kazakh: Жақып (Jaqıp)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: یاقوب‎ (ku) (yaqub)

Latin: Iacobus (la)
Latvian: Jēkabs m
Limburgish: Jakobus
Lithuanian: Jokūbas m
Maltese: Ġakbu
Maori: Hēmi (mi)
Norman: Jacques m
Northern Sami: Jáhkot
Norwegian: Jakob (no)
Plautdietsch: Jakobus
Polish: Jakub (pl)
Portuguese: Tiago (pt)
Romanian: Iacob (ro) m
Russian: Иа́ков (ru) (Iákov)
Scots: Hamish, James
Scottish Gaelic: Seumas (gd) m
Sicilian: Jàcumu m
Slovak: Jakubov m
Slovene: Jakob (sl) m
Spanish: Santiago (es), Jacobo (es)
Swahili: Yakobo (sw)
Swedish: Jakob (sv)
Tagalog: Santiago (tl) m
Thai: ยากอบ
Vietnamese: Giacôbê (Roman Catholic), Giacơ (Protestant)
Waray-Waray: Santiago
Welsh: Iago (cy) m
West Frisian: Jakobus
Zealandic: Jakobus

male given name (the standard form)

Afrikaans: Jakobus (af)
Arabic: جَايْمْز‎ m (jaymz) (transliteration), جَيْمْس‎ m (jayms)
Aragonese: Chaime
Armenian: Հակոբ (hy) (Hakob)
Azerbaijani: Ceyms
Basque: Jakes
Bavarian: Jakoub
Breton: Jagu, Jakez (br)
Bulgarian: Яков m (Jakov)
Catalan: Jaume (ca), Xaume
Cebuano: Santiago
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詹姆斯 (zh) (Zhānmǔsī)

Min Dong: 雅各 (Ngā-gáuk)
Cornish: Jago
Corsican: Ghjàcumu (co)
Czech: Jakub (cs) m
Danish: Jakob (da)
Dutch: Jacob (nl), Jaak
Esperanto: Jakobo
Estonian: Jaak
Faroese: Jákup (fo) m
Finnish: Jaakko (fi)
Franco-Provençal: Jâque
French: Jacques (fr)
Friulian: Jacum
Galician: Iago (gl), Xacobe (gl), Xácome (gl), Xaime (gl), Santiago (gl) m
Georgian: იაკობი (iaḳobi), ჯეიმზ (ǯeimz) (transliteration)
German: Jakob (de)
Greek: Ιάκωβος (el) m (Iákovos), Ιακώβ (el) m (Iakóv), Τζέιμς (Tzéims)
Greenlandic: Jaaku (kl)
Hawaiian: Kimo, Iakopo
Hebrew: (transcription) ג׳יימס‎ m
Hungarian: Jakab (hu)
Icelandic: Jakob (is)
Ido: Iakobus (io) m

Irish: Séamas (ga) m, Séamus m
Italian: Giacomo (it)
Japanese: ジェームズ (Jēmuzu), ジェイムズ (Jeimuzu)
Korean: 야고보 (Yagobo), 제임스 (Jeimseu)
Latin: (Late Latin) Jacomus
Latvian: Jēkabs m, (transliteration) Džeims m
Limburgish: Jakobus
Lithuanian: Jokūbas
Malay: Yakub, Yaacob (British misspelling)
Maltese: Ġakbu
Maori: Hēmi (mi)
Marathi: जेम्स m (jemsa)
Norman: Jimce m
Northern Sami: Jáhkot
Norwegian: Jakob (no)
Occitan: Jammes, James (oc), Jacme (oc) (Provençal), Jaume (oc) m
Persian: جیمز‎ (fa) (jeymz)
Polish: Jakub (pl)
Portuguese: Diogo (pt), Jaime (pt), Tiago (pt), Iago (pt)
Romanian: Iacob (ro)
Russian: Я́ков (ru) (Jákov), Джеймс (ru) m (Džejms) (transliteration)
Scots: Hamish, James
Scottish Gaelic: Seumas (gd) m
Sicilian: Jàcumu m
Slovak: Jakub
Slovene: Jakob (sl) m
Spanish: Yago (es), Jaime (es), Santiago (es), Jacobo (es), Diego (es)
Swahili: Yakobo (sw)
Swedish: Jakob (sv)
Tagalog: Jaime, Santiago (tl)
Turkish: Yakub, Yakup
Walloon: Djåke (wa)
Waray-Waray: Santiago
Welsh: Iago (cy)
West Frisian: Jakobus
Zealandic: Jakobus

AnagramsEdit

Semaj

CebuanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English James, the English New Testament form of Jacob, from Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iacomus, spoken and altered pronunciation of Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב‎ (Yaʿăqōḇ).

Proper nounEdit

James

a male given name from Hebrew

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English James in the 19th century.

Proper nounEdit

James

A male given name.

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ ˈd͡ʒeːms]
Hyphenation: James
Rhymes: -eːms

Proper nounEdit

James

James

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	James	Jamesek
accusative	Jamest	Jameseket
dative	Jamesnek	Jameseknek
instrumental	Jamesszel	Jamesekkel
causal-final	Jamesért	Jamesekért
translative	Jamesszé	Jamesekké
terminative	Jamesig	Jamesekig
essive-formal	Jamesként	Jamesekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Jamesben	Jamesekben
superessive	Jamesen	Jameseken
adessive	Jamesnél	Jameseknél
illative	Jamesbe	Jamesekbe
sublative	Jamesre	Jamesekre
allative	Jameshez	Jamesekhez
elative	Jamesből	Jamesekből
delative	Jamesről	Jamesekről
ablative	Jamestől	Jamesektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	Jamesé	Jameseké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Jameséi	Jamesekéi

Possessive forms of James
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Jamesem	Jameseim
2nd person sing.	Jamesed	Jameseid
3rd person sing.	Jamese	Jamesei
1st person plural	Jamesünk	Jameseink
2nd person plural	Jamesetek	Jameseitek
3rd person plural	Jamesük	Jameseik

Derived termsEdit

jamesi

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Ȝame, Gemes, Iam, Iames, Iamys, Iame, Ieme

EtymologyEdit

From Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iacomus, spoken and altered pronunciation of Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב‎ (Yaʿăqōḇ).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈdʒaːməs/, /dʒaːmz/, /ˈdʒɛːm(ə)s/, /ˈdʒaːm(ə)/

Proper nounEdit

James

James the Greater or James the Less (apostles)
James (a male given name from Old French)
James (a surname)

DescendantsEdit

English: James
- → Cornish: Jammes, Jamma
- → Fijian: Semesa
- → Hawaiian: Kimo
- → Irish: Séamas, Séamus, Seumas
  - → English: Shamus, Seamus
- → Manx: Jayms
- → Maori: Hemi
- → Samoan: Semisi
- → Scottish Gaelic: Seumas
  - → English: Hamish
- → Swedish: James
- → Welsh: Siâms
- ⇒ English: Jim (diminutive)
  - ⇒ English: Jimmy, Jimmie, Jimi (diminutive)
- ⇒ English: Jimbo (diminutive)
- ⇒ English: Jem (diminutive)
  - ⇒ English: Jemmy (diminutive)
- ⇒ English: Jay (diminutive)
- ⇒ English: Jamie, Jamey (diminutive)
Scots: Jeams
- ⇒ Scots: Jeamie, Jeemie, Jamie, Jaimie (diminutive)
- ⇒ Scots: Jeamock (diminutive)
- ⇒ Scots: Jamesie (diminutive)
- ⇒ Scots: Jizer (diminutive)
- ⇒ Scots: Peem, Pim (diminutive)
  - ⇒ Scots: Pimmie (diminutive)
  - ⇒ Scots: Peemser (diminutive)

ReferencesEdit

“Jāme (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-03.

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English James in the 19th century.

Proper nounEdit

James c (genitive James)

A male given name.

ReferencesEdit

[1] Statistics Sweden: 5548 males with the given name James living in Sweden on December 31st, 2013, with the highest frequency so far in 2013. Accessed on 12 April 2014.