James

JAYMS

English variation of Jacob, Hebrew

"supplanter"

James Origin and Meaning

Variation of Diego

James Rank in US Top 1000

# 5 in the US

James Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 25 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name James

• 5 US 2024
• 25 Nameberry 2025
• 8 Canada 2024
• 5 Future 2035
• 40 England 2024
• 14 scotland 2024
• 5 Ireland 2024
• 18 Australia 2024
• 12 New Zealand 2024
• 311 Germany 2016
• 9 Netherlands 2024
• 81 Belgium 2024
• 157 switzerland 2024

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Famous People Named James

• Saint James the Just brother of Jesus, first bishop of Jerusalem
• Saint James the Apostle son of Zebedee, brother of John the Apostle
• James I V, Kings of Scotland
• James I and VI and James II and VII Kings of England and Scotland
• James I and II Kings of Aragon
• James II IV, Kings of Majorca
• James Madison Jr., 4th U.S. president
• James Monroe 5th U.S. president
• James Knox Polk 11th U.S. president
• James Buchanan Jr., 15th U.S. president
• James Abram Garfield 20th U.S. president
• James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr., 39th U.S. president
• James Connolly Irish revolutionary leader, signatory and labor leader
• James Larkin Irish revolutionary leader and labor leader
• James Byron Dean American actor
• James Joseph Brown American singer
• James Eugene "Jim" Carrey Canadian actor
• James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart American actor
• James Patrick "Jimmy" Page English musician of band Led Zeppelin
• James Taylor American singer,songwriter
• James Earl Jones American actor
• James Todd Smith aka LL Cool J American rapper and actor
• James Byron Casey American football player
• James Corden English comedian and TV host
• James Child Drury Jr., American actor
• James Edward Franco American actor
• James Hillier Blunt English singer,songwriter
• James Robert "Jim Bob" Duggar TV personality
• James Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon American actor/comedian
• James Feigen American swimmer
• James George Frazer Scottish anthropologist
• James Garner American actor
• James "Jimi" Hendrix American singer
• James Maury "Jim" Henson American puppeteer
• James Augustine Aloysius Joyce Irish novelist and poet
• James Harvey "Jamie" Kennedy American actor/comedian
• James Martin Lafferty American actor
• James Hiroyuki Liao American actor
• James Magnussen Australian swimmer
• James Marlowe American actor and singer
• James Paul Marsden American actor
• James Marsters American actor
• James David Maslow American actor and singer
• James Clerk Maxwell Scottish mathematical physicist
• James Andrew McAvoy Scottish actor
• James Daniel McVey lead guitarist for The Vamps
• James Morrison English singer
• James "Murr" Murray comedian from TV's Impractical Jokers
• James Rainwater American physicist and Nobel prize winner
• James Righton member of the British band, Klaxons
• James Roberts Australian swimmer
• James Rollins American Author
• James David Van Der Beek American actor
• James Wolfe British war hero
• (James) Paul McCartney English musician of The Beatles
• James William Acaster British comedian
• James David "Roady" Rodriguez American actor
• James Andrew Eric Phelps English actor
• James Anthony Yammouni Youtube comedian
• James A. Lovell Jr., American astronaut
• James A. McDivitt American astronaut
• James Fitzjames British Royal Navy officer
• James Joseph "Jim" Parsons American actor
• James Elliot Bourne British musician of band Busted
• James Alfred "Jim" Chapman British vlogger
• James Perry American actor in YouTube sketch comedy show Studio C
• James Francis "Jim" Cameron Canadian filmmaker, director, and producer
• James Metcalfe "Jamie" Campbell Bower English actor, singer, and model
• James Ma (born James Assarasakorn) Thai actor and model
• James Kowats American executive producer
• James Milner English professional footballer
• James "UberHaxorNova" Wilson YouTube personality
• James Charles Dickinson YouTube personality
• James Turner YouTuber
• James Leonard Gillette (b.1997) son of Lita Ford and Jim Gillette of Nitro
• James Andrew Duggar (b. 2001) 13th child of reality TV's Duggar family
• James Wilkie Broderick (b. 2002) son of actors Matthew Broderick & Sarah Jessica Parker
• James Alexander Philip Theo Mountbatten Windsor, Viscount Severn (b. 2007); son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex; grandson of Queen Elizabeth II
• James Monroe Hanson (b. 2008) son of American musician Isaac Hanson
• James Hoke Dorough (b. 2009) son of singer Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys
• James Joseph Cavanagh (b. 2009) son of Canadian actor Tom Cavanagh
• James Timothy Pudi (b. 2012) son of actor Danny Pudi
• James Knight Newman (b. 2013) son of actress and model Jaime King
• James Hamilton McDonough (b. 2014) son of actor Neal McDonough
• James Jeffrey Dunham (b. 2015) son of comedian Jeff Dunham
• James Arthur Walker IV (b. 2016), son of American news correspondent Brooke Anderson
• Jamin James Pastore (b.2017) son of Natalie Pasquarella and Jamin Pastore
• James Andrew Glennon (b. 2018) son of American reality television personality Amber Portwood, half,brother to Leah Leann
• James Holt Joblon (b. 2019) son of Claire Holt and Andrew Joblon.
• James Hunter Bailey son of Devon Aoki and James Bailey.
• James Francis Cagney Jr. American actor

The name James in Pop Culture

• James Bond 007, spy character created by Ian Fleming
• James Tiberius Kirk captain in the Star Trek series
• James 'Jim' Hawkins main character in RL Stevenson's Treasure Island and Disney's Treasure Planet
• James Isaac "Jimmy" Neutron main character in Jimmy Neutron : Boy Genius
• James Conrad character in "King Kong" series
• "James & the Giant Peach " novel by Roald Dahl, movie and main character
• James "Prongs" Potter father of Harry James Potter in the Harry Potter series
• James Sirius Potter son of Harry James Potter in the Harry Potter series
• James "Jem" Carstairs character in Cassandra Clare's Infernal Devices series
• James "Jim" Moriarty nemesis in the Sherlock Holmes series
• James "Rhodey" Rhodes character in Marvel Universe
• James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes character in Marvel Universe
• James "Logan" Howlett also known as Wolverine, character in Marvel Universe
• James "Sawyer" Ford character on TV series "Lost"
• James "Jim" Paxton character in Marvel Universe
• James Griffin the MFE pilot in Voltron: Legendary Defender
• James Sunderland main character in the video game "Silent Hill 2"
• James Leary character in video game "The Sims 3: Moonlight Bay"
• James Diamond character on TV's "Big Time Rush"
• James character in the Twilight series
• James "Jimmy" Kent character on TV's "Downton Abbey"
• James main character in viral short film "One,Minute Time Machine" (2014)
• James Trivette character on TV's "Walker, Texas Ranger"
• James member of Team Rocket in the Pokemon series
• James Duncan "Jim" Halpert character on TV's "The Office"
• James Lucas "Jamie" Scott character on TV's "One Tree Hill"
• James a train on TV's "Thomas & Friends"
• James "Wilke" Wilkerson III Character on TV's "Switched at Birth"
• James Whitlock character in the Mindbender series by Veronica Slemp
• James Stark character in the 'House of Night' series by PC Cast
• James Gatz birth name of Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"
• James Byrd penguin in "Spyro the Dragon" video games
• James Walsham main character in G. A. Henty's, With Wolfe in Canada
• James Herondale main character in Cassandra Clare's "The Last Hours"
• James 'Iggy' Griffiths character in the Maximum Ride novels
• James character in video game "Fallout 3"
• James Yewbeam character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
• James Morgan "Jimmy" McGill real name of Saul Goodman, character on TV's 'Breaking Bad' and 'Better Call Saul'
• James Dennet character in Mary Kubica's novel "The Good Girl"
• James "Jimmy" Palmer character on TV's "NCIS"
• James Evan Wilson character on TV's "House M.D."
• James "Jim" Brass character on TV's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
• James Rook character in webcomic "Hotblood!"
• James Bartholomew "Jimmy" Olsen character in DC Universe
• James Jacob "Jim" Harper also known as Guardian, character in DC Universe
• James Jesse also known as Trickster, character in DC Universe
• James Gordon Sr. and James Gordon Jr. characters in DC Universe
• James Bennet(t) Sr. and James Bennet(t) Jr. characters in DC Universe
• James Keziah Delaney Tom Hardy's character in Taboo (TV Series)
• James "Jim" Lake Jr. character in DreamWorks Trollhunters
• James Vanderboom character in Rusty Lake: Roots
• James Ratri aka William Minerva character in the manga/anime series "The Promised Neverland"

International Variations of the name James

• Shamus Irish
• Jaap Dutch
• Hamish Scottish
• Shay Irish
• Giacomo Italian
• Jago Cornish
• Seumas Scottish
• Diego Spanish
• Jock Scottish
• Jamie Scottish
• Séamas Irish
• Seumus Irish
• Shamas Irish
• Jacque French
• Yago Spanish
• Santiago Spanish
• Hagop Armenian
• Jaime Spanish
• Iago Spanish
• Jacques French