Jacques is a boy's name of French origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 59 boys in the United States.
Jacques belongs to the French tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Jacques first appears in Social Security records in 1888. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #601 in 1969, and in 2024 59 babies received the name — 9,652 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Jacques is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its French origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Jacques is a boy name. In 2024, 59 babies received the name in the US.
Jacques comes from the French tradition.
Jacques first appears in US records in 1888. Its best-ever ranking was #601 in 1969, and 59 babies were given the name in 2024.
Jacques is pronounced /ʒæk/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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