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

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