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In addition, James is an English variant of the name Jacob (Dutch, English, and Scandinavian). See also the related forms, Hamish (Scottish), Santiago (Spanish), Jameson (English), Jami (English), and Jay (English). James is a classic favorite. Currently it is still very popular as a baby name for boys, though it was in more widespread use in the past. Its usage peaked in 1944 with 5.539% of baby boys being given the name James. It ranked at #1 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity, and is now of moderate use. In 2007, its usage was only 0.721% and its ranking #15, but it was nonetheless the 2nd most popular after Jacob (Dutch, English, and Scandinavian), among all boy names in its group. In 2007, it was used 52% more than James. James has in the past century been mostly given to boys. In 1989, the name James was given to 177 times as many boys than girls. Baby names that sound like James include Jannes (Frisian and German), Jens (German and Scandinavian), Joonas (Finnish), Janick (Breton and French), Janis (Lithuanian), Jannick (Breton and French), Jannik (Breton and French), Jannis (Dutch and German), Janus (English and German), Jonas (German and Greek), Janika (Hungarian), and Johannes (German). KEY: Pronunciation for James: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" Details of famous persons named James:
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