Is the surname James connected to the Scottish Clan Gunn or Clan Stewart or both?
I found this for you. Surname: James Recorded in over sixty spelling forms as shown below, and found throughout Christian nations, this very interesting medieval surname is of both Biblical and 12th century Crusader origins. These are confused, and like the personal name and subsequent surname Jacob, it has its origins in the Hebrew given name “Yaakov”. This was Latinized in the Roman Period of history, first as Jacobus, and then in the period known as “The Dark Ages” upto the 11th century a.d., as Jacomus. The actual meaning of the name is also a matter for some dispute. Traditionally the name is interpreted as coming from the word “akev”, meaning a heel, but has also been interpreted as “he who supplanted”. Both of these meanings are influenced by the biblical story of Esau and his younger twin brother Jacob. Jacob is said to have been born holding on to Esau’s heel, and took advantage of Esau’s hunger to persuade him to part with his birthright “for a mess of pottage”. For a name wi
