James
James means From Biblical Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ, literally 'may He heel', related to the Hebrew word for the heel of the foot.
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| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Language | English |
| Starts with | J |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “From Biblical Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ, literally 'may He heel', related to the Hebrew word for the heel of the foot”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Noah — From Biblical Hebrew Nōaḥ; the patriarch who built the ark
- Benjamin — From Biblical Hebrew, literally 'son of the right hand' (or 'son of the south')
- Elijah — From Hebrew Eliyahu, literally 'Yahweh is my god'
- Payal — Anklet, foot ornament
- Nupura — Anklet, foot ornament, musical bells
- Krishika — Farming; related to agriculture
Where this comes from
James has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.