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There are plenty of Wikipedia examples [1] and references [2] including the La Bible du Semeur (French translation of the Bible) that clearly show that James is the proper translation of Jacques. "Jack" and "Jake" are common phonetic mistakes among English speakers thinking that "Jacques" sounds like one of the other two, so it "must be the name." While some people named Jacques may be called Jack or Jake by English-speaking friends, but that doesn't form the basis of an accurate translation.
Jacob is unchanged in French (see Genesis chapter 49 of La Bible du Semeur). Jack finds its roots as a Middle English diminutive of John, unrelated to Jacques. ++ Arx Fortis ( talk) 15:47, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
Jacques, James, Jacob are all derived from the hebrew name Yaacov. It's a mistake consider them different names. They are all the same name; the only difference between them is about biblical tradition. Jack Fax ( talk) 12:53, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
Are all these people referred to in notable discourse by just their first names (as Ann-Margret Olsson is called “Ann-Margaret” and as Madonna Louise Ciccone is called “Madonna”)? We don't want an über-trivial list of notable people whose first name is “Jacques”. — SlamDiego ←T 23:17, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Still think that you should include Hockey player, Inventor and knitter Jacques Plante. ````
🤷🏼♀️ — Preceding unsigned comment added by IRiteGood ( talk • contribs) 18:21, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
The article says: "...Normans, derived from "Northmen", were of Viking origin. In 911, Vikings settled in their namesake region, Normandy, in current day France...". In fact, there should be some information that such "Normans" - regarding modern borders - were rather of North-West-Polish origin, than truely Scandinavian. As they got more and more alienated from their culture, these people were eager to adopt new names, such as "the follower" Jacob/Jacobus. -- 188.110.191.144 ( talk) 10:30, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
Joseph Jacques immigrated from Germany in 1838 to North Dakota as the government had the opportunity to homestead farmers. Joseph had 3 Children Elmer, Regina and Ruth. He and other immigrants had to fight and eventually live among the American Indians of the Dakota territory. 24.121.159.244 ( talk) 15:58, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
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There are plenty of Wikipedia examples [1] and references [2] including the La Bible du Semeur (French translation of the Bible) that clearly show that James is the proper translation of Jacques. "Jack" and "Jake" are common phonetic mistakes among English speakers thinking that "Jacques" sounds like one of the other two, so it "must be the name." While some people named Jacques may be called Jack or Jake by English-speaking friends, but that doesn't form the basis of an accurate translation.
Jacob is unchanged in French (see Genesis chapter 49 of La Bible du Semeur). Jack finds its roots as a Middle English diminutive of John, unrelated to Jacques. ++ Arx Fortis ( talk) 15:47, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
Jacques, James, Jacob are all derived from the hebrew name Yaacov. It's a mistake consider them different names. They are all the same name; the only difference between them is about biblical tradition. Jack Fax ( talk) 12:53, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
Are all these people referred to in notable discourse by just their first names (as Ann-Margret Olsson is called “Ann-Margaret” and as Madonna Louise Ciccone is called “Madonna”)? We don't want an über-trivial list of notable people whose first name is “Jacques”. — SlamDiego ←T 23:17, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Still think that you should include Hockey player, Inventor and knitter Jacques Plante. ````
🤷🏼♀️ — Preceding unsigned comment added by IRiteGood ( talk • contribs) 18:21, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
The article says: "...Normans, derived from "Northmen", were of Viking origin. In 911, Vikings settled in their namesake region, Normandy, in current day France...". In fact, there should be some information that such "Normans" - regarding modern borders - were rather of North-West-Polish origin, than truely Scandinavian. As they got more and more alienated from their culture, these people were eager to adopt new names, such as "the follower" Jacob/Jacobus. -- 188.110.191.144 ( talk) 10:30, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
Joseph Jacques immigrated from Germany in 1838 to North Dakota as the government had the opportunity to homestead farmers. Joseph had 3 Children Elmer, Regina and Ruth. He and other immigrants had to fight and eventually live among the American Indians of the Dakota territory. 24.121.159.244 ( talk) 15:58, 14 August 2022 (UTC)