Forename directory - Names / meaning for "James"

Information about "James"

For this James there are 107100 different names on Yasni.

Most common last names for James are: Smith, Henry, Jones

In the ranking of the most common first names James is on position 10.

During the last seven days James was searched for 812 times.

Meaning of "James"

Male first name (English): James; protect Yahweh may, heel holder; cheating it; Hebrew (Old Testament): Yahweh = (Name of God); AKEB = the heel; akab = cheat displace; meaning actually 'He (God) protect may ', but already in the Old Testament interpreted Folk etymology as' heel-holder' and 'he cheats / he repressed', the Old Testament is Jacob son of Isaac and the father of 12 sons, who create the 12 tribes of Israel, to Jacob at the birth of his have maintained twin brother Esau in the heel, to become the first-born (hence the above name interpretations) in the New Testament are James the Younger and James the two apostles of Jesus

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