Jacques - Origin and Meaning of the name

The boy name Jacques [ 1 syll. jac-ques, ja-cqu-es ] is pronounced as ZHAAK ^KEY. Jacques is used chiefly in the French language and its origin is Hebrew. Jacques is a variant of the name Jacob (Dutch, English, and Scandinavian).

Jacques is rare as a baby boy name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1973, 0.010% of baby boys were given the name Jacques. It had a ranking of #630 then. The baby name has declined in popularity since then, and is today of very light use. Out of the family of boy names directly linked to Jacques, Jacob (Dutch, English, and Scandinavian) was the most regularly used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Jacques include Zac (English), Zach (English), Zack (English), Zak (English), Zeke (English), Zeus (German), Zia (Arabic), and Ziya (Arabic).

^KEY: English pronunciation for Jacques: ZH as in "seizure (S.IY.ZH.ER)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"

Details of famous persons named Jacques:
Explorer Jacques Cartier, born 1491.
President of France Jacques Chirac, born 29 November 1932, Paris, France.

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