Jayme

Cebuano

Proper noun

Jayme

1. a surname
2. a male given name

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Jaymes, Jaime, Jame, James

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish Jayme, from Latin Iācōbus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), borrowed from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from עקב. Doublet of Jacob.

Noun

Jayme m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English James

Descendants

• Galician: Xaime
• Portuguese: Jaime

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “Ja?me?”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Jayme”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• Jaime

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Iācōbus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), borrowed from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from עקב. Doublet of Jacob and Yago.

Proper noun

Jayme m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English James

Descendants

• Spanish: Jaime
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: Jayme, Jaymes, Jaime, Jame, James
  • Galician: Xaime
  • Portuguese: Jaime

Portuguese

Proper noun

Jayme m

1. archaic spelling of Jaime