Jaime
Appearance
Pronunciation | /ˈdʒeɪmi/; Spanish: [ˈxai me]; Portuguese: [ˈʒɐ̃ĩmi] |
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Gender | Gender neutral (unisex) Male (Spanish, Portuguese) |
Language(s) | French, Spanish, Portuguese, English |
Other names | |
Cognate(s) | Chaime, Jaume, Iago, Tiago, Diego, Diogo |
Anglicisation(s) | James, Jamie, Jacob |
Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese masculine given name for Jacob, James, Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became Jacome and later Jacme. In east Spain, Jacme became Jaime; in Aragon it became Chaime, 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 Jimmy.[1]
For females, it remains less popular, not appearing on the top 1,000 U.S. female names for the past 5 years.[1] It is an alternative spelling of Jamie.
People
- Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908–1975), the second son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and his wife Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
- Jaime Areizaga-Soto, an attorney
- Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (born 1959), Filipino chairman and CEO of the Ayala Corporation
- Jaime Bosch, several
- Jaime Botín (born 1936), Spanish billionaire heir and banker
- Jaime Callica, Canadian actor
- Jaime Camara (born 1980), Brazilian racing driver
- Jaime Camil (born 1973), actor
- Jaime Carbonell Computer Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University
- Jaime Castillo, several
- Jaime Clarke (born 1971), American novelist and editor
- Jaime Córdoba (born 1988), Colombian footballer
- Jaime Córdoba (politician) (born 1950), Curaçaoan politician
- Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-American educator and subject of the film Stand and Deliver
- Jaime Hayon, Spanish designer and artist and founder of Hayon Studio
- Jaime Hernandez, American cartoonist and co-creator of the comic book series Love and Rockets
- Jaime Eyzaguirre (1908–1968), Chilean lawyer and historian
- Jaime Guzmán (1946–1991), Chilean lawyer and politician
- Jaime Hipp, American water polo goalkeeper
- Jaime Huélamo (1948–2014), Spanish road cyclist
- Jaime Jiménez Merlo (born 1980), Spanish football (soccer) player commonly known as Jaime
- Jaime King (born 1979), American actress and model
- Jaime King (swimmer) (born 1976), English Olympic swimmer
- Jaime Laredo (born 1941), Bolivian-American director and violist
- Jaime Luis Gómez, better known as Taboo, a member of The Black Eyed Peas
- Jaime de Marichalar (born 1963), former Spanish royalty
- Jaime Maussan (born 1953), Mexican journalist
- Jaime Meline, aka El-P, hip-hop artist
- Jaime Melo (born 1980), Brazilian racing driver
- Jaime Moreno (born 1974), Bolivian football (soccer) player
- Jaime Murray (born 1976), British actress
- Jaime Nunó (1824–1908), Spanish composer
- Jaime Pressly (born 1977), American actress
- Jaime Patricio Ramírez (born 1967), Chilean football (soccer) player
- Jaime Preciado, bassist of the rock band Pierce the Veil
- Jaime Sánchez Fernández (born 1973), Spanish footballer
- Jaime Sin, Filipino Catholic cardinal who took part in the People Power Revolution
- Jaime Vera (born 1963), Chilean football (soccer) player
- Jaime Winstone (born 1985), English actress, daughter of Ray Winstone
- Jaime Yzaga (born 1967), Peruvian tennis player
Characters
- Jaime Lannister, known as "Kingslayer", a fictional character in the fantasy epic novel series A Song of Ice and Fire and its derived works such as TV series Game of Thrones. However, this is likely not derived from the Spanish name "Jaime" but is instead a corrupted spelling of "Jamie", which is how the name in the series is pronounced. It is common in the book series for characters' names to be slight misspellings of real-life English names.
- Jaime Reyes (comics), a DC Comics superhero known as Blue Beetle
- Jaime Rosales, a character in Cassandra Clare's Lady Midnight
- Jaime Sommers (The Bionic Woman), the title character of The Bionic Woman
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
- Jaimes
- Jaimie
- James (name)
- Jamie
- Jaime Montes, Mexican man living in Baja.
References
- ^ a b "Popular Baby Names". Social Security Online. Retrieved 6 December 2010.