James
English form of Jacob, arriving through Late Latin, and sharing its Hebrew root meaning "holder of the heel" or "supplanter."
Meaning and origin
James reached English through the Late Latin Iacomus, itself a form of the Biblical Latin Iacobus, both ultimately drawn from the same Hebrew root as Jacob.
How to pronounce James
| English (US) | JAYMZ /dʒeɪmz/ |
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