James

Masculine

Meaning

Supplanter, one who follows

Etymology

From the Late Latin name Iacomus, derived from the Hebrew name Ya'aqov (Jacob), meaning "supplanter" or "holder of the heel." The name came to English via Old French.

About the Name James

James has been one of the most enduring names in the English-speaking world, borne by six US presidents and countless historical figures. Its popularity has remained remarkably consistent across centuries.

Notable Bearers

Historical People Named James

JAMES A. COBB

JUDGE

JAMES A. FREAR

HONORABLE

JAMES C. HAYNES

MAYOR OF MINNEAPOLIS

JAMES CLARK

SENATOR

JAMES CREELMAN

JAMES D. BLIGH

JR.

JAMES DAVENPORT

HONORABLE

JAMES G. BAILEY

HONORABLE

JAMES GRAHAM

HONORABLE

JAMES H. CODDING

HONORABLE

JAMES H. GILLIS

COMMODORE

JAMES HAY

JUDGE

JAMES L. SLAYDEN

HONORABLE

JAMES LANSBURGH

JAMES MARION BAKER

SECRETARY

JAMES MORAN

SENATOR

JAMES McLAUGHLIN

HONORABLE

JAMES N. LINTON

HONORABLE

JAMES R. CLARK

JAMES S. SHERMAN

VICE PRESIDENT

JAMES SINCLAIR

REPRESENTATIVE

JAMES STEWART

James A. Brody

Senator

James A. Cross

James A. Delafield

Brigadier General

James A. Drain

Col.

James A. Emery

James A. Farley

James A. Forbes

Postmaster General

James A. Gallwan

James A. Noonan

Clerk

James A. O'Gorman

Ex. Sen.

James A. Pearce

Hon.

James A. Reed

Senator

James A. Shanley

Representative

James A. White

James Adam Bede

Representative from Minnesota

James Addison Cravens

Hon.

James Alcorn

James Alfred Pearce

Hon.

James Allman

Commissioner

James Aloysius O'Gorman

Senator from New York

James Amos

James Ardren McKenzie

James Arniell

James Ash

James Ashley

Governor

James Asnell

James Aswell

Rep.

James Atkinson

James B. Beck

Senator

James B. Clay

Hon.

James B. Reynolds

James B. Riley

James Bailey

James Baird Weaver

Hon. Colonel

James Baldwin

James Barry

James Bayard

Senator

James Bayley

Bishop

James Beauchamp Clark

Representative from Missouri, 1893-1895, 1897-1921

James Beck

Solicitor General

James Begg

James Benjamin Aswell

Rep. from Louisiana

James Benn

James Bennett

Director of Prison Industries

James Berkley

Head Verger

James Berryman

James Biddle

James Bigg

James Blain

James Blaine

James Borden Harriman

James Brady

James Brennan

James Bryce

James Buchanan

Representative, Chairman of House Appropriations Committee

James Buchanan Richmond

Hon.

James Buckley

Representative

James Buffington

Hon.

James Burch

Mr.

James Burdick

Hon.

James Burnie Beck

James Buttrick

Colonel

James Byres

Senator

James Byrnes

Senator

James C. Davis

Honorable

James C. Magee

Colonel

James C. McNary

James C. McReynolds

Justice

James C. Thomas

James C. Wilkes

Chairman of the local Republican Club

James Cameron

James Campbell Cantrill

Rep.

James Campbell McLaughlin

Representative from Michigan

James Cannon

Bishop

James Cantrill

James Carter

James Chalmers

Hon.

James Chase

Judge

James Claiborne Lincoln

James Clark McGrew

Hon.

James Clark McReynolds

Justice

James Clarke

Governor of Arkansas, 1895-1896; Senator, 1903-1916

James Clement Dunn

James Cline

James Collier

Honorable

James Conner

James Connolly

James Cougens

Senator

James Couzens

Senator

James Cox

Governor

James Crawford Freeman

Hon.

James Cromwell

James Cummings

Lt. Col.

James D. Cameron

Hon.

James D. Phelan

Honorable

James Daly

James Darrell

Col.

James Davis

J.

James DeVeyra

James Dean

COLONEL

James Donald Cameron

Senator

James Doolittle

Hon.

James Douglas Williams

Hon.

James Drain

General

James Duffy

Representative

James Dunbar

James Dunn

James Duval Phelan

Senator from California

James E. Dyer

Lieutenant

James E. Fechet

General

James E. Frazier

James E. Freeman

Bishop

James E. Jones

James E. Murray

Senator

James E. Watson

Senator

James E. West

Chief Scout Executive

James Eads

Hon.

James Eads Howe

President

James Earle Frasier

Sculptor

James Edgar Martine

Senator from New Jersey

James Edgerton

Lieutenant

James Edmund Bailey

Hon.

James Edward English

Hon.

James Elder

James Emery

James English

Hon. Sen.

James F. Barnes

James F. Burges

Senator

James F. Byrnes

Senator

James F. Curley

Mayor

James F. Fechet

Major General

James F. Simmons

Hon.

James F. Vanzandt

Representative

James Farley

James Farmer

James Fechet

Lt. Col.

James Feiser

Acting Chairman of the Red Cross

James Fieser

James Fitzgerald

Chief of Press Relations

James Fly

Chairman

James Ford Ford

Doctor

James Forgarty

James Francis Byrnes

Rep. from South Carolina, 1911-1925

James Francis Miller

Hon.

James Frasier

Sculptor

James Frazier

Mrs.

James Frear

James Fredericks

James Freeman

Bishop

James Friar

Rep.

James Friel

Vice President and Treasurer of Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc.

James Fullbright

James G. Barrett

Mayor

James G. Berret

James G. Blaine

Hon.

James G. Caffery

James G. Folk

James G. Harbord

Lieutenant Colonel, U.S.A.

James G. Hines

Maj. Gen.

James G. Ray

James Gallivan

Honorable

James Garey

James Gaughan

James Gerard

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Germany, 1913-1917

James Gibbons

Cardinal

James Gildea

James Gilfillan

Hon.

James Gleason

James Glennon

Captain

James Glynn

James Good

Secretary of War

James Goodrich

Governor

James Gordon Burke

James Gordon Robinson

Head of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Bureau

James Groome

James H. Blount

Hon.

James H. Brown

James H. Collins

James H. Covington

Honorable

James H. Hopkins

James H. Price

Governor

James H. Ryan

Bishop

James H. Sinclair

James Hackett

James Haley

James Hamill

Rep.

James Hamilton Goss

Hon.

James Hamilton Lewis

Senator

James Harris

James Harris Rogers

Doctor

James Harrison LeFever

James Harrison Oliver

Rear Admiral, U.S.N.

James Harvey Davis

Rep. from Texas, 1915-1917

James Harvey Slater

Hon.

James Henry Robinson Cromwell

James Henry Roswell Cromwell

James Hepburn Campbell

Hon.

James Herrald

James Hill

President, Great Northern Railway

James Hilton

Commander, U.S.N.

James Houghsteling

Commissioner of Immigration

James Houghteling

Commissioner of Immigration

James Howard Gore

Prof., G.W.U.

James Howe

James Hudson

James Hughes

James Husted

James J. Britt

James J. Davis

Senator

James J. Hill

James J. Walker

Mayor

James Jager

James Jamison

R.

James Jerome Hill

President, Great Northern Railway

James Jewel

James John Davis

Secretary

James Jones

Mayor

James Joyce

Honorable

James Jushire

Hon.

James K. Polk

Speaker

James K. Vardaman

Senator

James Keenan

Assistant Attorney General

James Kelly

Hon. Sen.

James Kemper

James Kennedy

Honorable

James Kennedy Moorehead

Hon.

James Kerr Kelly

Senator

James Knott

Hon.

James L. Mayes

Captain

James L. Pugh

Judge

James Laidlow

James Landis

Chairman

James Latta

Senator

James Lewis

Senator

James Linton

James Lloyd

T.

James Longstreet

Gen.

James Lowell

James Lusk Alcorn

Hon.

James M. Cox

Gov.

James M. Landis

Chairman

James M. Mead

Sen.

James M. Mount

James M. Vernon

Postmaster

James Madison

President of the United States

James Madison Leach

Hon.

James Madison Pickens

James Magee

Honorable

James Maher

James Mann

Representative

James Marley

Mrs.

James Martine

Rep.

James Mauborgne

Major General

James Mayes

MAJ.

James McAleer

Former Manager

James McAndrew

General

James McAvoy

James McCandless

Imperial Potentate

James McCarl

Comptroller General

James McCleary

James McClintic

Honorable

James McDonald

Chairman

James McEntee

James McEntree

James McFarland

James McGrew

Hon.

James McGuire

Sergeant

James McKenzie

Rep.

James McLoughlin

James McRae

Brigadier General

James McReynolds

Associate Justice

James Mead

Congressman

James Mellen

James Metcalfe

James Michael Cavanaugh

Hon.

James Michael Curley

Rep. from Massachusetts, 1911-1914

James Middleton Cox

Representative from Ohio, 1909-1913

James Miller

James Monroe

President of the United States

James Monroe Pendleton

Hon.

James Monsarrata

James Montgomery

James Montgomery Flagg

James Morris

Tech

James Moss

Col.

James Mott

James Mullins

Hon.

James Murphy

Senate Reporter

James Murray

Senator

James Myers

James N. Tyner

Postmaster General in Grant's Administration

James Needham

Rep. from California, 1899-1913

James Negley

Representative, General

James Newton

Honorable

James Nightwire

James Noble Tyner

Hon.

James O'Brien

Hon.

James O'Connell

James O'Connor

Honorable

James O'Gorman

Senator

James O. Conner

La.

James O. Richardson

Rear Admiral

James Oliver

Admiral

James Orr

Hon.

James Overstreet

James Oyster

James P. Glynn

Honorable

James P. Kem

Senator

James P. Pope

Senator

James P. Richards

Representative

James P. Taliaferro

Senator

James P. Van Dyke

James Parker

Colonel

James Parsons

Major General

James Paul Clarke

Governor of Arkansas; Senator

James Payne

James Penn

James Phelan

Senator from California, 1915-1921

James Phelps

Hon.

James Pike

Hon.

James Pleasant Woods

Honorable

James Polk

President

James Pomerene

James Pope

Senator

James Preston

James Price

Governor

James Proctor Knott

Hon.

James R. Doolittle

Hon.

James R. Garfield

James R. Mann

Rep.

James Rector

Mrs.

James Reed

James Reilly

James Richards

Representative

James Riddle

Ambassador

James Robertson

Professor

James Robinson

Hon.

James Rodgers

Honorable

James Roeder

James Rogers

James Rolfe

Mayor

James Rolph

James Roop

Colonel

James Roosevelt

Judge

James Ryan

James S. Greene

Midshipman

James S. Kemper

Vice President

James S. Montgomery

Chaplain

James S. Parker

Honorable

James S. Pike

Hon.

James S. Wannamaker

President of the American Cotton Association

James Sanford Davenport

Rep. from Oklahoma, 1907-1909, 1911-1917

James Schoolcraft Sherman

Vice President of the U.S.

James Scott Negley

Gen.

James Scrugham

Representative

James Sellers

James Shanley

Rep.

James Sheffield

James Shelley

James Shera Montgomery

Reverend, Doctor of Divinity, Chaplain of the House

James Sherman Sherman

Vice President

James Simmons

James Slater

M.C.

James Sloan

James Smith

Ex-Governor

James Southworth Parker

James Starr

Secretary-Treasurer

James Storrow

James Sullivan

Honorable

James Summerall

General

James T. Forgarty

James T. McDermott

Honorable

James T. Shotwell

Professor

James Tanner

James Taylor Jones

Rep. from Ala., Capt. Co. D. 4th Ala., Judge Advocate Confederate War Dept.

James Thomas

James Thomas McDermott

James Thompson

James Thomson

James Tyner

Representative, Postmaster General

James Ulio

Brigadier General

James V. Good

James V. McClinic

Rep.

James Van Zandt

Representative

James Vardaman

Senator

James W. Appleton

James W. Clark

Major

James W. Collier

Honorable

James W. Furlow

Colonel

James W. Good

Secretary of War

James W. Husted

Honorable

James W. Rainey

James W. Wadsworth

Representative

James W. Willett

Judge advocate general

James Wadsworth

Representative

James Walsh

Colonel

James Walter Elder

Rep. from Louisiana, 1913-1915

James Warren Nye

Hon.

James Watson

Senator

James Watson Gerard

Ambassador to Germany

James Webb

James Webb Throckmorton

Hon. Captain and Major, Confederate Army

James Webb Young

James Weldon Wycoff

James West

Doctor

James Westmoreland

James Wetmore

James White

Superintendent

James Whitney

James Wickersham

James Willett

General

James William Collier

Rep. from Mississippi, 1909-1927

James William Marshall

Postmaster-General

James Williams

James Willis Nesmith

Hon.

James Wilson

Hon.

James Wilson Grimes

Hon.

James Wilson McDill

Hon.

James Winright Flanagan

Hon.

James Wise

James Wm. McAndrew

Major General

James Wm. McAndrews

Major General

James Woodruff

Major General

James Woods

James Worthington

Hon.

James de Martino

Ambassador

James Mason

1798–1871 Politician, diplomat Fairfax County, Virginia

James Grimes

1800–1875 Hon. New England

James Shields

1806–1879 Military Officer, Politician County Tyrone, Ireland

James Brooks

1810–1873 Hon. Portland, Maine

James Girard

1810–1875 Merchant Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

James Speed

1812–1887 Lawyer, Attorney General Jefferson County, Kentucky

James Dixon

1814–1873 Politician Connecticut

James Harlan

1820–1889 Hon. Boyle County, Kentucky

James Lane

1820–1881 Military officer, Politician Indiana

James Mackay

1820–1895 Merchant Scotland

James Y. Thomas

1820–1885 Col.

James Allen

1822–1892 Hon. Pennsylvania

James Strong

1822–1894 Prof. New York

James Wright

1825–1895

James Garfield

1831–1881 Gen. Orange Township, Ohio

James G. Berritt

1835–1905 Businessman

James McMillan

1838–1902 Gen. Hamilton County, Ohio

James Whitmore

1856–1923 Merchant Richmond, Virginia