JAQUES
Jaques is a surname of French origin that entered the British Isles after the invasion of 1066. It is an established name within the English population, with the earliest known record in England dating to 1275, when a Jakes Amadur was listed in the Hundred Rolls of London.
The surname is derived from the French personal name Jacques, the equivalent of the English and Scottish forms Jack, Jake, and the patronymic variations Jakes, Jacks and Jackes. Those patronymics arise from the original Hebrew name Yaakov, meaning “supplanter” or “one who follows”. In Christian contexts this meaning is often associated with the Biblical story of Jacob and Esau; the name later evolved into the Latin Jacobus and Jacomus, from which the modern forms Jacob and James are derived. Consequently the surname Jaques may be interpreted as “son of James” or “descendant of James”.
Other forms of the modern surname found in historic records include Jacquet, Jaques (French spelling), Jaquest and Jaquiss (English variants). Early ecclesiastical documents give examples such as John Jacques, who was christened on 1 July 1675 at St. Martins-in-the-Field, Westminster; and a century earlier, Roberte Jaques, believed to be the son of a Huguenot refugee, who was christened on 1 May 1559 at St. Botolph without Aldgate, London, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
The presence of the name in these church registers, together with its association with Huguenot refugees, indicates that the surname has a long and firmly rooted history in England, closely linked to the Christian faith and to the migration of French-speaking peoples into the British Isles.
Typical given names associated with the Jaques surname
Male
- Andrew
- Christopher
- David
- John
- Michael
- Paul
- Peter
- Richard
- Robert
- Stephen
Female
- Anne
- Christine
- Claire
- Deborah
- Elizabeth
- Emma
- Helen
- Hilary
- Margaret
- Mary
- Sarah
- Susan
Similar and related surnames
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There are approximately 2,354 people named Jaques in the UK. That makes it roughly the 3,682nd most common surname in Britain. Around 36 in a million people in Britain are named Jaques.
Origin: English
Region of origin: British Isles
Country of origin: England
Religion of origin: Christian
Language of origin: English
Famous people named Jaques
- Tom Jaques - Cricketer (1911 to 1976)
- Peter Jaques - Cricketer (1919 to 2013)
Names and descriptions courtesy of Wikipedia, and may contain errors. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of every famous person with this name.