Forename Jacques

Worldwide, Jacques (Jacques , جاك , ジャック , along with others...) is a widespread boy's first name. The first name Jacques is characteristic of France, where it is a widespread male name, Cameroon, where it is quite a common masculine name, and Luxembourg (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in France, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Canada. Very seldom, Jacques is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Jacques is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Jacques

name Jacob, name Jakab, name Jacobo, name Jakes, name ジャック, name ז'אק, name Jakub, name 雅克, name John, name Jacqués, name Jaume, name Jacopo, name Jakow, name Jiminy, name Jockel, name Jakúb, name Jacobs, name James, name Iacobus, name Jacquès, name Jakez, name Jacco, name Jákob, name Jacot, name Jacquerie, name Jaco, name Fritaa, name Jack, name Džeimss, name Jàcqûëš, name Жак, name Jaquish, name Jacqueline, name Jakov, name Jacke, name Jàcques, name Jacques, name Jokūbas, name جاك, name Jacb, name Jim, name Jaque, name Jakób, name Jaques, name Jacquës, name Jacó, name Jakob, name Jacobus, name Jakue, name Diego, name Giacomo, name Iacopo, name Jaakko, name Jacque, name Jakubs, name Jàcqués, name Chaime

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Jacques	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Canada, France, South Africa, Cameroon
جاك	Algeria, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Sudan
ジャック	Japan
雅克	China
Жак	Belarus, Russia, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
ז'אק	Israel
Iacobus	Italy, Romania

First names said to be same

Chaime, Diego, Džeimss, Fritaa, Giacomo, Iacopo, Jaakko, Jacb, Jacco, Jack, Jacke, Jaco, Jacob, Jacobo, Jacobs, Jacobus, Jacopo, Jacot, Jacque, Jacqueline, Jacquerie, Jacquès, Jacqués, Jacquës, Jacó, Jakab, Jakes, Jakez, Jakob, Jakov, Jakow, Jakub, Jakubs, Jakue, Jakób, Jakúb, James, Jaque, Jaques, Jaquish, Jaume, Jim, Jiminy, Jockel, John, Jokūbas, Jàcques, Jàcqués, Jàcqûëš, Jákob,

First name Jacques in the context

Jacques is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jack Bauer , the character from the television series 24; Jacques Paganel , the character created by Jules Verne, In Search of the Castaways; Jacques Vingtras , character in Le Bachelier; Jacques Strap , the prank call alter ego used by Bart Simpson in the 1990 The Simpsons episode Moaning Lisa (S1, E6) and Jack Reacher , the fictional character, Jack Reacher, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	jacques ier d'avesnes French nobleman (1152-1191), FR (b. 1152)
	jacques de vitry French theologian, historian, priest and philosopher (died 1240), FR (b. 1170)
	jacques de saint-georges French architect of the 13th century, GB (b. 1230)
	jacques ii de majorque King of Majorca, FR (b. 1243)
	jacques ier de chacenay Peerage person ID=119968, FR (b. 1200)
	jacques de longuyon French author of a chanson de geste, FR (b. 1200)
	jacques d'orléans author (1201-1400) (b. 1201)
	jacques bretel French medieval poet, FR (b. 1210)
	jacques de bazoches (b. 1200)
	jacques de cambrai French musician and poet, FR (b. 1220)
	jacques ii de révigny bishop of Verdun, FR (b. 1230)
	jacques de baisieux French poet, FR (b. 1250)
	jacques de via French Cardinal, FR (b. 1300)
	jacques ier de châtillon French noble (1256-1302), FR (b. 1256)
	jacques of botron (b. 1250)

Characteristic surnames

Roy, Girard, Thomas, Fortin, Fourie, Mathieu, Mercier, Bernard, Boucher, Richard, Laurent, Lambert, Leblanc, Joubert, Vincent, Olivier, Bertrand, Rousseau, Gauthier, Lefebvre, Tremblay, Fournier, Gagnon, Pelletier, Dupont, Durand, Nel, Roux, Jean, Morel, Morin, Meyer, Silva, Simon, Smith, Botha, Denis, David, Leroy, Henry, Martin, Marais, Moreau, Michel, Santos, Pierre, Robert, Dubois, and Pretorius