Baby names info for JAMES:
- Gender: boy or girl
- Syllables: 1
- Characters: 5
- Pronunciation: JAYMZ
Origin and Meaning:
- English meaning of the name JAMES for a boy:
- replace
- Hebrew meaning of the name JAMES for a boy:
- that supplants, undermines the heel
- Hebrew meaning of the name JAMES for a girl:
- supplanter
Baby Names Popularity:
- JAMES is the 17th most popular boy's name in the United States.
(Check for the popularity of JAMES in previous years and other countries)
Surnames:
- JAMES is a common last name.
It's the 80th most common surname in the United States (according to the 2000 U.S. Census).
Nicknames:
- JIM, JIMMY, JAMIE, JAMEY, JAIME
JAMES appears in the following lists of names:
- United States Supreme Court Justices
- Presidents of the United States
- Books of the Bible (King James Version)
- Signers of the Declaration of Independence
- Pulitzer Prize-winning authors (fiction)
- Members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
- NBA Draft: First overall selections
- Characters in Harry Potter series books
- Pro Football Hall-of-Famers
- Hockey Hall of Famers
- Most common surnames
- Basketball Hall of Famers
- Country Music Hall of Famers
- Boxing Heavyweight Champions
- Members of the Blues Hall of Fame
- United States Attorney Generals
- Kentucky Derby winning jockeys
- Survivor Contestants
- Time Magazine's 100 most influential people
- National Aviation Hall of Fame enshrinees
- Vice Presidents of the United States
- NFL Draft: First overall selections
- 100 Best Characters in Fiction Since 1900
- United States Secretaries of State
- Harrison Ford roles
- The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of Alltime (Premiere)
- Speakers of the House of Representatives (U.S.)
- The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of Alltime (Empire)
- Kevin Costner roles
- 100 Greatest Blues Guitarists
- Brad Pitt roles
- George Clooney roles
- International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
- World Golf Hall of Fame members
- Johnny Depp roles
- Jack Nicholson roles
- John Goodman roles
- Miss Universe 2008 contestants
- Miss World 2008 pageant contestants
