Name: Jacques

Gender: Male

Usage: Jacques, of biblical origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.

People having the name Jacques are in general originating from Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Variants: For another variant of the name Jacques across the world, see James.

Meaning: The meaning of the name Jacques is: Supplanted, One who supplants.

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Numerology of the first name Jacques: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.

The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 22. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: visionary, successful, leader, innovative, genius.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Successful, Visionary
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire

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The name Jacques is ranked on the 118th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.

We estimate that there are at least 4280800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.059% of the population. The name Jacques has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Jacques for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

The name day of Jacques is 25 July.

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Jacques (French: [ʒak] , Quebec French pronunciation : [ʒɑɔ̯k] ) is the French equivalent of James, ultimately originating from the name Jacob.

Jacques is derived from the Late Latin Iacobus, from the Greek Ἰακώβος (Septuagintal Greek Ἰακώβ), from the Hebrew name Jacob יַעֲקֹב‎. (See Jacob.) James is derived from Iacomus, a variant of Iacobus.

As a first name, Jacques is often phonetically converted to English as Jacob, Jake (from Jacob), or Jack, but the last is not an accurate translation. (Jack, from Jankin, is strictly a diminutive of John.)


French form of James and Jacob. In French there is no distinction between a form corresponding to Jacob and a form corresponding to James. This is a perennially popular French given name, and Jacques or Jacques Bonhomme has been used (like John Bull in English) as a typification of the ordinary citizen.

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