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Jaime

Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name most commonly used as a nickname for James. It can also be a nickname for Jacobus. 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.

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Jaime
Pronunciation/ˈdʒeɪmi/; Spanish: [ˈxajme]; Portuguese: [ˈʒajmɨ]
GenderUnisex
Male (Spanish, Portuguese)
LanguageSpanish, Portuguese, English
Name daySpain: July 25th Spain: November 28th
Origin
Meaning"holder of the heel" or "supplanter"1
Other names
CognatesChaime, Jaume, Iago, Santiago, Tiago, Diego, Diogo
AnglicisationsJames, Jamie, Jacob

Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name most commonly used as a nickname for James. It can also be a nickname for Jacobus. 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 the United States, Jaime is used as an independent masculine given name.2

For females, it remains less popular, not appearing on the top 1,000 U.S. female names for the past 5 years.2

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  1. Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name James". Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. "Popular Baby Names". Social Security Online. Retrieved 6 December 2010.