James at a glance
- Meaning
- “holder of the heel”
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Pronunciation
- JAYMZ
- Nicknames
- Jim, Jimmy, Jamie
- Other forms
- Jaime, Giacomo, Séamus, Diego
Where the name James comes from
James comes from Iacomus, a late Latin form of Jacob. Two apostles of Jesus were called James, and the King James Bible is named after King James I. It has been one of the most common boys’ names in the English-speaking world for centuries.