What is the meaning of the name James?

The meaning of the name James is "he who supplants". The origin of the name is "Hebrew". The name James is mostly used as a boys name.

Right pronunciation of James

\j(a)-mes\

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James is a really popular first name for boys (#1) and also really popular as a last name (#71). Users of our site ranked the name with a 0.0 (0 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this boys name above or write a comment on the name James.

How popular is the name James?

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The year 1947 was for James a very good year. In that year there were 94763 births with the name James. Find out if James is in the top 100 boys names 1947 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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