Jaime

Spanish: [ˈxajme]; Portuguese: [ˈʒajmɨ]GenderUnisex
Male (Spanish, Portuguese)Language(s)French, Spanish, Portuguese, EnglishOriginMeaning"He may/will/shall follow/heed/seize by the heel/watch/guard/protect”, "Supplanter/Assailant", "May God protect" [1]Other namesCognate(s)Chaime, Jaume, Iago, Santiago, Tiago, Diego, DiogoAnglicisation(s)James, Jamie, Jacob

Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became Jacome and later Jacme. In east Spain, Jacme became Jaime, in Aragon it became Chaime, and in Catalonia it became Jaume. In western Spain Jacobus became Iago; in Portugal it became Tiago. The name Saint James developed in Spanish to Santiago, in Portuguese to São Tiago. The names Diego (Spanish) and Diogo (Portuguese) are also Iberian versions of Jaime.

In the United States, Jaime is used as an independent masculine given name, along with given name James.[2]

For females, it remains less popular, not appearing on the top 1,000 U.S. female names for the past 5 years.[2]

People

Characters

See also

  • Jaime (1974 film), a Portuguese film directed by António Reis
  • Jaime (1999 film), a 1999 Portuguese film
  • Domingo Romeo Jaime, one of the pioneers of Cuban Scouting
  • Jaime (album), a 2019 album from Brittany Howard
  • Jaimes
  • Jaimie
  • James (name)
  • Jamie
  • Jaimee (disambiguation)

References

  1. ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Jacob". Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Popular Baby Names". Social Security Online. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
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