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"James" and "Jacob" are the English equivalents of the French name Jacques.

Specifically, the French name is a masculine proper noun. Both the French and the English first names trace their origins back to the Latin Iacobus, the Greek Ἰακώβος, and the original Hebrew יַעֲקֹב. The pronunciation of the French name is "zhahk"

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