Jacques

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Jacques is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country, where it is the 47th most common given name. In French, recorded as French form of Hebrew Ya‘aqov ‘supplanter’; used in the text as a father’s name in patronymics.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 445(inferred from the name graph)
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 598
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 696

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈150,000 people, est.

Sources
426 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 445 (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Old French Ja(c)ques, from the personal name Jacques.

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

How Jacques is read(measured from records)

Jacques is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • French79%

    French form of Hebrew Ya‘aqov ‘supplanter’; used in the text as a father’s name in patronymics.

    as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam

    From Latin/Greek Iacobus/Jacobus, ‘supplanter’; saint’s day listed twice (3 May, 25 Jul.)

    as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam

    From Hebrew Ya'aqov via Latin Iacobus, traditionally 'supplanter'.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

    From Jacob, a Biblical name; means 'God replaces'.

    as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam

  • English12%

    From Old French Ja(c)ques, from the personal name Jacques.

    as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

    Either a late introduction from France or a refashioning of Jakes, Jackett, etc., after the French; first attested not given. Jaquest and Jaquiss are certainly English forms.

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jacques counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jacques is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France#47≈150,000 est.≈1 in 445483KJacques426
CD Congo - Kinshasa#39≈66,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Jacques32
CN China—≈58,000 est.≈1 in 24K—Jacques30
ZA South Africa#641≈45,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Jacques110
CM Cameroon#34≈40,000 est.≈1 in 696—Jacques41
BE Belgium#31≈20,000 est.≈1 in 5984.3KJacques164
US United States—11,5991 in 29K14KJacques398

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jacques is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Canada, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, Dutch, Afrikaans

    Also written Jac'Ques, Jac-Ques, Jacqués, Jácques, Jacquës

  • Portuguese given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Switzerland, South Africa

    Also written Jacquês, Jacqués

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group
  • German given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, Switzerland, United States, South Africa

    Also written Jacquès

111 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

100012001400160018002000Urban IV, b. 1185papa Benedetto XII, b. 1280Louis Daguerre, b. 1787Jacques Lacan, b. 1901Jacques Chaban-Delmas, b. 1915Jacques Delors, b. 1925Jacques Derrida, b. 1930Jacques Chirac, b. 1932Jean Chrétien, b. 1934Benjamin Pavard, b. 1996
  • Urban IVb. 1185FRnot in their usual nameHead of the Catholic Church from 1261 to 1264 (1185–1264)
  • papa Benedetto XIIb. 1280FRnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church 1334–1342
  • Louis Daguerreb. 1787FRnot in their usual nameFrench scientist, artist and photographer (1787–1851)
  • Jacques Lacanb. 1901FRFrench psychoanalyst and writer (1901–1981)
  • Jacques Chaban-Delmasb. 1915FR82nd Prime Minister of France (1915–2000)
  • Jacques Delorsb. 1925FRFrench economist and politician (1925–2023)
  • Jacques Derridab. 1930FRFrench philosopher (1930–2004)
  • Jacques Chiracb. 1932FRPresident of France from 1995 to 2007
  • Jean Chrétienb. 1934CAnot in their usual nameprime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003
  • Benjamin Pavardb. 1996FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1996)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 108 sources across 58 countries.

Official registers attesting Jacques
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024483K#352
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202011K#2,247
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020255#2,247
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202580—

Reference works 8

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Jacques come from?
From Old French Ja(c)ques, from the personal name Jacques. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
Is Jacques a male or female name?
Jacques is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Jacques mean?
In French, French form of Hebrew Ya‘aqov ‘supplanter’; used in the text as a father’s name in patronymics.
What are other forms of the name Jacques?
In the etymology graph, James, Jaime and Jamie are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Jacques have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 152 thousand people named Jacques in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jacques.
How common is the name Jacques?
In the United States, the national register counted 11,599 people named Jacques in 2020, about 1 in 29 thousand residents.
How common is Jacques compared with other names?
In France, Jacques is the 47th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jacques” — the 47th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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