Meaning of name James

The name James has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

The name James is very likely a(n) Hebrew variant of the name Jacob. See other suggested Hebrew baby names.

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The following names are baby names related to James and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of James: Boys - Isaac, Uriel  Girls - Carmel, Rebecca

The name James is a variant of Jacob. Other popular variants of the name Jacob are: Cob, Cobb, Cobby, Coby (Dutch), Giacamo, Giacobo, Giacomo, Giacopo, Hamish, Iacopo, Iacovo, Iago, Iakob, Iakobos, Iakov, Jachym, Jacko, Jaco (Hebrew), Jacobe, Jacobey, Jacobi, Jacobie, Jacobo, Jacobs, Jacobus, Jacoby, Jacques, Jacquet, Jago, Jaime, Jake, Jakie, Jakob (Slovene), Jakobe, Jakobs, Jakov, Jakub, James, Jamesie, Jamey, Jamie, Jamsey, Jay, Jaycob, Jaykob, Jayme, Jim, Jimmie, Seamus, Shamus, Yakov

We think the name James should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name James to be: Creative, intelligent and unconventional chap

In one word, you might describe James as a(n) "creative" person.

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As a baby boy name, James is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 18 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2006, the name James rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2006, by 1 places. For the Year 2006, it ranked 16 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name James in the USA, over the past 100 years.