Meaning Of Name James

From late latin iacomus a variant of iacobus latin form of greek iakobos and new testament greek form of the old testament form jacob hebrew yaakov.

Meaning of name james. It is of hebrew origin and the meaning of james is he who supplants. J ames as a boys name also used less generally as girls name james is pronounced jayms. The second was james the lesser son of alphaeus.

In the united states james was one of the five most common given names for male babies for most of the twentieth century. James is a classic traditional and biblical name saint james of course was one of jesus 12 apostles meaning supplanter or replacer it s derived from the latin jacomus which also means. In the christian new testament of the bible 2 apostles are named james.

Thirdly jesus brother is said to have the name james as well. What does james mean. English form of the late latin name iacomus a variant of the biblical latin form iacobus from the hebrew name ya aqov see jacob this was the name of two apostles in the new testament the first was saint james the greater the apostle john s brother who was beheaded under herod agrippa in the book of acts.

The biblical meaning of james is lacomus or lacobos which are both latin words that describe the name jacob.