“Supplanter (from Jacob)”
| Gender | 👦 Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Religion | Christian |
| Used in | United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, United States, Canada, Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Guyana, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Cameroon, Rwanda, Seychelles, Gambia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Nauru, Tuvalu, Sint Maarten, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, Saint Helena |
| Numerology | 3 — creative, cheerful and expressive |
| Letters | 5 · starts with J |
| Popularity | ★★★★★ |
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James means "Supplanter (from Jacob)" (Hebrew origin).
James is a boy's name.
James is used as a Christian name in United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, United States, Canada, Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Guyana, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Cameroon, Rwanda, Seychelles, Gambia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Nauru, Tuvalu, Sint Maarten, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, Saint Helena.
In Pythagorean numerology the name James adds up to 3, linked with being creative, cheerful and expressive.
Name meanings come from the name's language of origin; many names carry more than one meaning in different languages and communities. Rashi and nakshatra follow the traditional first-syllable (Namakshar) method — for an exact rashi use the baby's birth chart.