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Around the globe, Jaques (Jaques , جاك , ジャック , along with others...) is a common boy's first name. The forename Jaques is habitual in Belize, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Eswatini, and Syria. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Brazil, South Africa, and Egypt. Also, Jaques is the last name as well as the forename.
Jaques is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jack Bauer , the character from the television series 24; Jaques , the character in As You Like It by William Shakespeare; Jack Reacher , the fictional character, Jack Reacher; Captain Jack Sparrow , the fictional character and the protagonist of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Jack Harkness , the fictional character of Doctor Who and Torchwood, and in many other works.