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Names That Mean Supplanter

  1. Jim

    • Origin:

      English, diminutive of James

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      Peaked in the 1940s, but still an amiable classic, a la Joe and Tom -- though rarely used on its own.
  2. Séamie

    • Origin:

      Irish

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      Irish form of Jamie
  3. Jacopo

    • Origin:

      Italian variation of Jacob, Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      One of Jacob’s perkier variations.
  4. Semaj

    • Origin:

      Variation of James, English from Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      Semaj is part of a special club of names created by spelling other names backward (meet the president, Nevaeh). Semaj is a reversal of James and is used primarily for boys. But ever since James became fair game for girls, so did Semaj — it's now unisex in usage.
  5. Séimí

    • Origin:

      Irish

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      Irish form of Jamie
  6. Jakov

    • Origin:

      Serbian, Croatian variation of Jacob, Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      A top name in Eastern European countries including Croatia and Bosnia, where it is a transcription of Jacob.
  7. Jakub

    • Origin:

      Polish, Czech, and Slovak variation of Jacob, Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      Jakub is an authentic Polish variation of the megapopular Jacob, but in the US it will feel like a kree8tiv spelling. Kuba is the cute Polish short form.
  8. Kobus

    • Origin:

      Dutch and Afrikaans

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      Dutch short form of Jacobus, popular in South Africa.
  9. Semaj

    • Origin:

      Variation of James, English from Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      Popular enough in the Indian community to have made it onto the US Top 1000 every year from 2001 to 2014 and now again in 2023, possibly inspired by Jamaican activist Leachim Semaj (born Michael James).
  10. Jamesina

    • Origin:

      Feminine variation of James

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      More grown up than Jamie, but never given to more than 13 baby girls in the US per year (and that back in 1968). Modern parents prefer Jamie, Jameson or even James itself, as Blake and Ryan Reynolds chose in 2014.
  11. Iakopa

    • Origin:

      Hawaiian

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      Hawaiian form of Jacob
  12. Žak

    • Origin:

      Slovene diminutive of Jakob

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      One of three diminutives of Jakob in the Slovenian Top 100, in addition to Jaka and Jaša.
  13. Jacobus

    • Origin:

      Latin and Dutch

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      Latin form of Jacob, also used in Dutch and Afrikaans.
  14. Jaska

    • Origin:

      Diminutive of Jaakko, Finnish

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      A nickname for Jaakko, the Finnish form of Jacob.
  15. Jeppe

    • Origin:

      Scandinavian diminutive of Jakob

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      Nickname-name that's all the rage in Scandinavia.
  16. Jachobe

    • Origin:

      Judeo-Italian variation of Jacob, Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"
  17. Giacobbe

    • Origin:

      Italian variation of Jacob, Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"
  18. Jakobus

    • Origin:

      Latin and Dutch

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      Form of Jacobus
  19. Yakov

    • Origin:

      Russian variation of Jacob

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      What a difference a couple of letters make: Old World version of most popular name never quite made it out of the shtetl.
  20. Jaques

    • Origin:

      English and French

    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"

    • Description:

      Either an alternative spelling of Jacques (ZHAK), the French form of Jack, or a Shakespearean character from As You Like It, pronounced JAY-kwiss.