Jaime

• Jamie

Jaime (plural Jaimes)

1. A unisex given name
   1. A male given name from Spanish 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, 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 […]

   3. Alternative form of Jamie

• 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.

• Jamie, Mejia

• Jayme (mostly archaic)

Compare Spanish Jaime.

• Hyphenation: Jai‧me

Jaime m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English James

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). Cf. French James, Catalan Jaume, Occitan Jacme. The name Iacobus also gave in Spanish Yago and Santiago (Saint James), from Latin Sanctus (“holy, saint”) Iacobus (“James”). The name Diego is a folk etymology of Santiago.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaime/ [ˈxai̯.me]
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• Rhymes: -aime
• Syllabification: Jai‧me

Jaime m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English James

• Mejía