James

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
• Isabella — Latinate and Italian form of Isabel, a form of Elizabeth, ultimately from Hebrew

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.