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 [ 1 syll. ja-mes, jam-es ] The boy name James is also used as a girl name, but it is much more common for boys. Its pronunciation is JHEYMZ KEY. James is an English name of Hebrew origin. The name Jamie (English) is the female equivalent of James. James is a widely used name; it has 36 variants that are used in both English and other languages. Variants of James used in English include Jaco (also used in Portuguese), Jago (also used in Spanish), Jame, Jaymes, and Shay (also used in Irish). Other English variants include the pet forms Jaimey, Jaimie, Jamey, Jamie (also used in Scottish), Jaymie, Jem, Jemmy, Jim (also used in Dutch), Jimbo, Jimmie, and Jimmy. Foreign variants of James include Chago (Spanish), Chango (Spanish), Chanti (Spanish), Diago (Portuguese), Diego (Spanish and Italian), Diogo (Portuguese), Giacomo (Italian), Giamo (Italian), Hamish (Scottish), Iago (Italian and Welsh), Jacques (French and Dutch), Jagu (Breton), Jaime (Portuguese and Spanish), Jaimito (Spanish), Jascha (Russian), Jayme (Portuguese and Spanish), Santiago (Spanish), Seamus (Irish and Scottish), Seumas (Scottish and Irish), and Tiago (Portuguese, Spanish, and French). In addition, James is an English variant of the name Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian). See also the related forms, Jack (English and Dutch), Jameson (English), Jay (English), and Jami (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 2008, its usage was only 0.695% and its ranking #17, but it was nonetheless the 2nd most popular after Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), among all boy names in its group. In 2008, it was used 49% 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 Jas (Polish), Jannes (Frisian and German), Jens (German and Scandinavian), Jing (Chinese), Johns (English), Jones (English), Jong (English), Joonas (Finnish), Jöns (Scandinavian), Janco (Czech), Jancsi (Hungarian), Janesh (Indian), Janez (Slavic), Janic (Breton and French), Janick (Breton and French), Janis (Latvian and Lithuanian), Janko (Polish, Slavic, and Hungarian), Jankó (Hungarian), Jannic (Breton and French), and Jannick (Breton, French, and Scandinavian). Details of famous persons named James: 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)"   |
