Jacques
\ʒɑk\♂French boy's name
A French boy's name of Latin origin, first recorded around 1140.
At a glance
| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| First recorded | about 1140 |
| Pronunciation | \ʒɑk\ |
| Also spelled | Jacob, Jakob |
| Compound names | Christian-Jacques, Jacques-Alexandre, Jacques-Antoine, Jacques-Bernard, Jacques-Charles, Jacques-Edmond, Jacques-Émile, Jacques-François |
Origin and meaning
Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ)bor. Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb) Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos)bor. Latin Iācōbusslbor.? French Jacques From Latin Iācōbus, possibly a semi-learned borrowing (compare inherited Old French James, source of English James), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Doublet of Jacob, a learned borrowing. Note Old French Jasque.
Where it is mostly given
- France
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
- East Frisia
- Germany
- Austria
- Iceland
- Denmark
- Norway
- Sweden
- Great Britain
- United States
Around the world
- GermanJakob
- EnglishJames, Jacob, Jim
- Arabicيعقوب, جَاكُوب
- BasqueJakes, Jagoba, Jakue
- BretonJakez
- CatalanJaume
- Chinese雅克
- CorsicanGhjàcumu
- CroatianJakov
- DanishJakob
- SpanishDiego, Jaime, Santiago
- FinnishJaakko
- IrishSéamas, Séamus
- WelshIago
Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Wikimedia Commons (France (Paris)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).