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Component meanings: “God has been gracious” + “holder of the heel”
Language context for this entry: Spanish
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01 / Meaning & origin
Ian James is recorded in Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01 (2025), with published male counts; no dictionary entry is in our sources yet. It combines Ian (“God has been gracious”) and James (“holder of the heel”), as cited on those names' pages.
Component meanings: “God has been gracious” + “holder of the heel”
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Spain, 2025: 104 male (rank 7987). Documented as a given name in Spanish.
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03 / By the numbers
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2025 Spelling: IAN JAMES
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Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística · Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
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| Year | People | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | 7,987 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “IAN JAMES” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure people. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
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Released 2026-04-23 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
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06 / Behind the facts
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Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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