James Names for Boys

There are 18 James names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are James names 1 to 18. Jacob was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, and Scandinavian, and it was followed in popularity by the English James, the German and English Austin, the English and French Charles, the English and German Jesse, the English, French, and Irish Oscar, the Spanish Santiago, the English and German Dean, Gary, and the English name, Jameson. The unusual James names are Archibald (English and Scottish), Hamish (Scottish), Joachim (English, French, German, and Polish), Madison (English), Ossian (English and Irish), Otis (English), Ulysses (English), and Zebedee (English).

James names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1944, 9.947% of baby boys were given James names. There were 12 James names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. James names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2007, 10 James names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.115%. Within all James names, the Dutch, English, and Scandinavian Jacob was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 1.0955%.

NAME MATCH:

James 15 ... Yahweh may protect; ... boy name James is also used as a girl name, but it ...

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Jameson 391 ... son of James ...The name Jameson means 'son of James' ... of the meaning 'son of James'. ...

Santiago 200 ... Saint James ...Santiago has the meaning Saint James ... Spanish form of James ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Archibald ... truly brave ... especially when James VI of Scotland became ...

Austin 48 ... august, dignified, holy; to increase ... Sloper in the Henry James short novel Washington ...

Charles 62 ... man, free man ... name to her only son, James Charles Stuart ...

Dean 353 ... dean; valley ... actor and cultural icon James Dean (1931-55). ...

Gary 388 ... spear ... Gary Cooper (Frank James Cooper, 1901-1961), ...

Hamish ... the Scottish version of James ...

Jacob 1 ... Yahweh may protect; ... usual English form James shares the same roots and ...

Jesse 107 ... God's gift ... of the Wild West, Jesse James (1847-1882). ...

Joachim ... Yahweh will establish, ... apocryphal Gospel of James ...

Madison ... son of Maud ... by the 4th US President James Madison (1751-1836), ...

Oscar 121 ... god spear; gentle friend ... popularized by the poet James Macpherson, who ...

Ossian ... little deer ... by the Scottish poet James Macpherson, who ...

Otis ... son of Otto ... politician James Otis (1725-1783) and ...

Ulysses ... to hate ... later boosted by the James Joyce modernist novel ...

Zebedee ... my gift ... father of the apostles James and John ...