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Baby Name James |
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| Meaning of James - What does the name James means? |
| Pronunciation: |
| jaymz |  |
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| Gender: |
Boy Name |
| Origin: |
American |
| Name Meaning: |
From the Ecclesiastic Late Latin Iacomus, an evolution of Iacobus, which is from the Ecclesiastic Iakobos, a cognate of the Hebrew Yaakov. The name has its root in ya'aqob (supplanting, seizing by the heel). Some say Iacomus arises from an error in the transcription of manuscripts from the Greek to the Latin by an early monk |
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American, Biblical, English, Irish, Scottish |
| Shortened forms: | Jim. | | Pet forms: | Jamie, Jimmy |
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