Jacques
Common Parisian name
Jacques is a French given name, the equivalent of James or Jacob in English.
It appears in English contexts when referring to French speakers or in borrowed phrases like Jacques Cousteau or the theatrical melancholy Jacques from Shakespeare.
The name is pronounced roughly "zhahk" in French, often anglicized to "jacks."
French male name
- FrançoisFrench male name
- croissantLayered crescent-shaped pastry
- baguetteElongated crusty loaf
- ParisFrance's chief city
Cousteau · Cartier · Derrida · Lacan · Offenbach · monsieur · bonjour · chez
Grammatology's French author
- LacanFrench psychoanalytic theorist
- RousseauFrench surname, philosopher or painter
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- poststructuralismPhilosophy questioning stable meaning
psychoanalysis · phenomenology · semiotics · existentialism · discourse
French undersea explorer
- CartierFrench luxury jewelry brand
- MarquetteExplorer of upper Mississippi
- oceanographerOne who studies seas
- explorerOne who investigates unfamiliar regions
navigator · Calypso · documentary · undersea · scuba · St. Lawrence · New France · expedition
Friendly name variant
- nicknameInformal substitute name
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
- SantiagoChile's largest city
Pierre
French male name
Paris · Cousteau · Cartier · Derrida · Lacan · Offenbach · monsieur · bonjour · chez
Derrida
Grammatology's French author
- LacanFrench psychoanalytic theorist
- RousseauFrench surname, philosopher or painter
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
poststructuralism · psychoanalysis · phenomenology · semiotics · existentialism · discourse
Cousteau
French undersea explorer
- CartierFrench luxury jewelry brand
- MarquetteExplorer of upper Mississippi
- oceanographerOne who studies seas
explorer · navigator · Calypso · documentary · undersea · scuba · St. Lawrence · New France · expedition
Jacky
Friendly name variant
- nicknameInformal substitute name
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
- SantiagoChile's largest city
- Nouveau TestamentMarc, Paul, Pierre, Jude, Philemon
- Shakespeare CharactersHamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo, Juliet
- Belgian chocolatespraline, pralines, truffle, truffles, Godiva
- Dutch NamesJan, Willem, Johannes, Jansen, Van Dijk
- Animated FishNemo, Dory, Marlin, Cleo, clownfish
- George Sandpen name, pseudonym, French novelist, female author, Indiana
- Jacqueline KennedyPresidential spouse, style icon
- Jacques CousteauFrench undersea explorer
- Frere JacquesFrench nursery round
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
- Jacques Cartier