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Jacques - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jacques

[ 1 syll. jac-ques, ja-cqu-es ] The boy name Jacques is pronounced as ZHAAK KEY. Jacques is used chiefly in the French and Dutch languages. Its origin is Hebrew.

Jacques is a variant of the name Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian) in the French language.

Jacques is also a variant of the name James (English) in the Dutch and French languages. See also the related form, Jean-Jacques (French).

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, German, and Scandinavian) was the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Jacques include Zac (English), Zach (English), Zack (English), Zak (English), Zeke (English), Zeus (German), Zhu (Chinese), Zwi (Dutch, German, and Polish), Zygi (Polish), Zackie (English), Zaki (Arabic), Zako (Hungarian), Zeki, Zewek (Polish), Zheka (Russian), Zia (Arabic), and Ziya (Arabic).

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

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)"


 
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