Jaime

English

Proper noun

Jaime

1. A male given name from the Spanish form of James.
   • 1971 Charles Willeford, The Burnt Orange Heresy, page 220:

     They call you "Jim", don't they?' 'No,' I replied, hiding my irritation. 'I prefer James. My father named me Jaime, but no one ever seemed to pronounce it right, so I changed it to James. Not legally,' I added.

2. A female given name, a variant of Jamie.
   • 2004, Kelley Armstrong, Industrial Magic, page 134:

     A few minutes later, Jaime stood and rubbed her shoulders. "You okay?" I asked. She made a noncommittal noise […]

References

• [1] U.S. Social Security Administration, accessed on December 10th, 2010: The first name Jaime was included in the top 1000 male names in 1942-2009, with a frequency never exceeding 0.1 %, and in the top 1000 female names in 1959, 1961-63, and 1965-2004, with a peak of 0.5 % in 1976. The data includes Spanish speaking U.S. citizens.

Anagrams

• Jamie, Mejia

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Jayme (mostly archaic)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒaj.mi/

Proper noun

Jaime m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English James

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Spanish

Etymology

A Spanish form of Jacob, from Late Latin Iacomus, dialectal variant of Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב‏ (Yaʿăqōḇ) (Jacob). The name Iacobus also gave in Spanish Yago and Santiago (Saint James), from Latin Sanctus (“holy, saint”) Iacobus (“James”). The name Diego is most likely derived from Santiago.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaime/, /ˈχaime/

Proper noun

Jaime m

1. A male given name, equivalent to James.