>James, which somehow becomes Яков (Iakov?!) Quoting Wikipedia: "It is a modern descendant, through Old French James, of Vulgar Latin Iacomus, a derivative ver

>James, which somehow becomes Яков (Iakov?!) Quoting Wikipedia: "It is a modern descendant, through Old French James, of Vulgar Latin Iacomus, a derivative version of Latin Iacobus, Latin form of the Hebrew name Jacob"