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

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

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