How do you spell the Italian name for James?

There is more than one version: Giacomo, Jacopo, Giacobbe, Lapo are all used for this name. Most of these are related to the Latin Iacobus (Iacomus in vulgar Latin), which in turn came from the Hebrew name, Jacob, which means 'grasps by the heel.'





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How do you spell the Italian name for James?
Well the spanish version is Diego, thats the best I can give ya.
Reply:Isn't it Iago?
Reply:The Italian name for James is Giacomo, pronounced JAH-ko-mo. (Spanish is Jaime, BTW)





James is the English form of the Late Latin Jacomus which was derived from Ιακωβος (Iakobos), the New Testament Greek form of יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov). This is the name of two apostles in the New Testament. The first was Saint James the Greater, the apostle John's brother, who was beheaded by Herod Agrippa in the Book of Acts. The second was James the Lesser, son of Alphaeus. Another James (known as James the Just) is also mentioned in the Bible as being the brother of Jesus.





Jacob comes from the Latin Jacobus, which was from the Greek Ιακωβος (Iakobos), which was from the Hebrew name יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov). In the Old Testament, Jacob (later called Israel) is the son of Isaac and Rebecca and the father of the twelve founders of the twelve tribes of Israel. He was born holding his twin brother Esau's heel, and his name is explained as meaning "holder of the heel" or "supplanter". Other theories claim that it is in fact derived from a hypothetical name like יַעֲקֹבְאֵל (Ya'aqov'el) meaning "may God protect".