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[smurfb1ue.livejournal.com]

What are names in other languages that are the equivalent of James?  I want to give my [future] kids names honoring people that have shaped my life,--James is my brother's middle name--but I don't like common names.

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[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

www.behindthename.com says that James somehow came from Jacob. It also has a list http://behindthename.com/php/extra.php?extra=r&terms=james of related names to James. I don't know how they are related, but maybe that will help you somehow.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_xasphyxiax_/]

James in spanish, I am pretty sure, is Jaime

[sarahjewel.livejournal.com]

Seamus (my son's name) is James in Gaelic.
It's pronounced Shay-mus. Kinda like Sean being pronounced Shawn.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

Really? Wow, I never knew that! I really like the name Seamus.

[sarahjewel.livejournal.com]

yep! :)

[smurfb1ue.livejournal.com]

I love the name Seamus, though I'm not sure it would work well with the other Sh- name I love.

[sherball.livejournal.com]

ok so how do you pronounce his middle name? Eoin (assuming that is his middle name from your user pic) :)

[sarahjewel.livejournal.com]

Just like the US's Owen. :)

[sarahjewel.livejournal.com]

I thought Jim (and such other versions) was just a nickname of James?

[shyloh.livejournal.com]

Diego...believe it or not, is a spanish form of James. Personally, I love them both.

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Nicknames and/or short form(s):
Jaimey Jaimie Jamey Jamie Jaymie Jemmy Jim Jimmie Jimmy Jem Jimbo


Alternate form(s):
Jacob Jame Jamison Jameson Jascha Jaymes


Feminine form(s):
Jaimie Jamie


Breton form(s):
Jagu

Cornish form(s):
Jago

Dutch form(s):
Jacques

French form(s):
Jacques

Hawaiian form(s):
Kimo

Irish Gaelic form(s):
Seamus

Italian form(s):
Iago Diego Giacomo

Portuguese form(s):
Jaime Tiago Diogo

Scots Gaelic form(s):
Seamus Hamish

Spanish form(s):
Diego Jaime

Welsh form(s):
Iago

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Wow, James is my brother's name too so this is interesting... I knew about Seamus, but not Diego.. does anyone know how the names are related?

[boybychemistry.livejournal.com]

Other two version of James in italian, besides Giacomo, Diego and Iago (in order of popularity... Iago is very unusual), is Jacopo (pronounced YAH-co-po) and its variant Iacopo (pronounced the same). Then I think there is Lapo (it was a nickname for Giacomo/Jacopo at first) but I'm not too sure about it.

About Diego equivalent of James: Diego is probably a variant of Santiago, which is a combination of "saint" + Iago (form of James). However, behindthename says it's most probably derived from the medieval name Didacus, meaning "teaching" (from ancient greek). No James there, then.
A variant of Diego is Dago, also.

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

I would stay away from using Dago as a child's name. It's used as a racial slur in the US (UK too, I believe), usually against Italians, Spaniards and/or Portuguese.

[thorabrighid.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure Hamish is a form of James.

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

Iago!