> But my question centers on James which other than Jaime has Santiago
> as equivalent. I saw one claim from which it stated Santiago comes
> from Latin Sanctus Jacobus. Which would equate Jacob with James.
> But is this attested?
Despite what others have suggested, it straightforwardly phonetic - at least
that's the explanation I find most convincing. (Iacob >) Iacobus >
Iacombus > Iacomus > Jacomus > James.
The English Biblical tradition translates the Greek-ified form "Iacobus" as
James in all cases (e.g. Mat 4:21, 10:3 and many others) whereas the Hebrew
Iacob appears in the Greek text without suffix (as is usual for Hebrew
names), and is in all cases translated as Jacob. (e.g. Mat 1:2, 8:11 - 25
instances).
So the one Hebrew name gives two English ones.
Peter