Girls' Names:

Agnes
Alexandra
Alice, Al(l)ison
Anastasia
Andrea
Angela
Ann(e), Hannah
Antonia
Barbara
Beatrice
Bianca, Blanche
Brigid, Bridget
Carol(ine), Charlotte
Catherine, Kathryn etc.
Cecilia
Christina, Christa, Kristin etc.
Clare, Claire
Dorothy, Theodora
Elizabeth, Isabel(la), Lisa
Emily
Esther, Starr, Stella
Eve
Frances
Grace
Helen, Ellen
Jaclyn, Jacqueline
Jane, Joan
Josephine
Judith, Judy
Julia, Julie
Laura, Lauren
Lily
Louise
Lucy
Madeline
Margaret
Martha
Mary
Michaela
Natalie, Noelle
Nicole, Nicola
Paula, Pauline
Rachel
Rose
Sophie
Susan(na)
T(h)eresa

James, Jacob

James is an English form of the Latin Jacobus, which comes from Yaakov, from which we also get the name Jacob. This name is from Hebrew, meaning "to hold the heel" or "supplanter"

Pet forms: Jim, Jimmy, Jamie, Jake
Related Names: Jamison, Diego
Feminine forms: Jacqueline, Jacoba, Jamesina, Jamina

Arabic Yaqub
Armenian Hagop
Basque Jakome, Yakue, Jagob
Breton Jakez
Bulgarian Yakob, Yakov, Iakov
Catalan Jaume, Jacob
Croatian Jakov
Czech Jakub
Danish Jakob
Dutch Jaap, Jacobus, Coos
Estonian Jaagup, Jaak
Finnish Jaakko
Flemish Jaap, Jaapje, Jacob, Jakus, Coppen, Coppken, Cobi
French Jacques
Galician Xacobe, Xacobo
German Jakob
Greek Iakovos
Hawaiian Kimo, Iakopo
Hebrew Yaakov
Hungarian Jakob
Icelandic Jakob
Irish Gaelic Séamus
Italian Giacomo, Giacobbe
Latvian Jakobs, Jekabs
Lithuanian Jimes, Jokubas
Norwegian Jakob
Polish Jakub
Portuguese Jaime, Diogo
Romanian Iacob
Russian Yaakov
Scottish Gaelic Seumas
Spanish Diego, Jaime
Swedish Jakob
Welsh Iago, Siâm
Yiddish Yankel, Yekel, Yuki, Kapel, Koppel

* Names have approximately the same meaning, but no other lingustic connection

Language does not use the Latin alphabet, so spellings are approximated based on sound.

Other Boys' Names:

Alexander
Andrew
Anthony
Charles
Christopher
Daniel
David
Den(n)is
Edward
Eugene
Francis, Frank
Frederick
Gabriel
George
Gerald, Gerard
Gregory
Henry
Isaac
James, Jacob
Joachim
John
Joseph
Julian
Justin
Laurence, Larry
Leonard
Louis, Lewis
Luke, Lucas
Mark, Marcus
Martin
Matthew
Michael
Nicholas
Paul
Peter
Phil(l)ip
Ralph
Richard
Robert
Samuel
Sebastian
Simon
Stephen, Steven
Theodore
Thomas
Timothy
Victor
Vincent
William
Zachary

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