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Jaime Pronunciation ; Spanish:
[ˈxajme] ; Portuguese:
[ˈʒajmɨ] Gender Unisex
Male (Spanish, Portuguese) Language(s) French, Spanish, Portuguese, English Meaning "He may/will/shall follow/heed/seize by the heel/watch/guard/protect”, "Supplanter/Assailant", "May God protect"
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Cognate (s) Chaime, Jaume, Iago, Santiago, Tiago, Diego, Diogo
Anglicisation (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.
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For females, it remains less popular, not appearing on the top 1,000 U.S. female names for the past 5 years.
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People
Jaime, Duke of Braganza , Portuguese nobleman of the 15th/16th centuries, the
4th Duke of Braganza
Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908–1975), Spanish prince, the second son of Alfonso XIII of Spain and his wife Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
Jaime Alguersuari (born 1990), Spanish racing driver
Jaime Angelopoulos (born 1982), Canadian sculptor
Jaime Areizaga-Soto , attorney
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (born 1959), Filipino chairman and CEO of the Ayala Corporation
Jaime Barría (born 1996), Panamanian baseball player
Jaime Lyn Beatty , American actress and singer
Jaime Bosch , several
Jaime Botín (born 1936), Spanish billionaire heir and banker
Jaime Camara (born 1980), Brazilian racing driver
Jaime Camil (born 1973), actor
Jaime Carbonell , computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University
Jaime Castillo , several
Jaime Churches (born 1988), American politician
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 Gutiérrez Avendaño (1936–2012), Salvadoran military officer and politician
Jaime Guttenberg (2003–2018), one of the 17 victims who was killed in the
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Jaime Guzmán (1946–1991), Chilean lawyer and politician
Jaime Hipp , American water polo goalkeeper
Jaime Huélamo (1948–2014), Spanish road cyclist
Jaime Jaquez Jr. (born 2001), American basketball player
Jaime Jiménez Merlo (born 1980), Spanish football (soccer) player commonly known as Jaime
Jaime King (born 1979), American actress and model
Jaime King (academic) , professor of law
Jaime King (swimmer) (born 1976), English Olympic swimmer
Jaime Laredo (born 1941), Bolivian-American director and violist
Jaime Lloreda (born 1980), Panamanian basketball player
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 Ray Newman (born 1978), American actress and singer
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 Queralt-Lortzing Beckmann, Spanish rally driver (winner
Rally España Histórico 2009)
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 Yzaga (born 1967), Peruvian tennis player
Jaime Zobel de Ayala (born 1934), Filipino businessman and chairman emeritus of
Ayala Corporation
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (born 1959), Filipino businessman, son of Jaime, and current chairman and CEO of Ayala Corporation
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