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Gender
Masculine
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Origin of the Name James
Hebrew
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Usage of the Name James
English
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Meaning of the Name James
The name James is an English form of the Late Latin name Iacomus, a variant of Iacobus, derived from Greek Iakobos, which is itself derived from the Hebrew name Yaakov (see Jacob).
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Famous Bearers
Bearers of the name include James Cook (1728 - 1779), an English explorer, navigator, and cartographer;
James Watt (1736 - 1819), a Scottish inventor and engineer;
James Joyce (1882 - 1941), an Irish writer and poet;
James Woods (born 1947), an American actor.
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