Jaime
HEYE-mee
Jaime is the Spanish form of James (and Jacob), from the Late Latin Jacomus, a variant of Jacobus, from the Hebrew Yaʼaqov meaning “supplanter”—one who takes the place of another.
Jacob wrestled with God and was renamed Israel in Genesis. The name passed through Greek Iakobos, Latin Jacobus, and Old French Jaime before settling into Spanish as the standard form used across Latin America.
Jaime peaked at No. 168 in 1976 with 1,402 births. In 2024 it ranks No. 605 with 468 births, declining from its 1970s peak.
What the name Jaime means
In the United States, Jaime has been used for both boys and girls. For boys it is primarily a Spanish heritage name; for girls it often functions as a phonetic variant of Jamie.
Two syllables in Spanish—HY-meh—with the characteristic soft Spanish j. English speakers often render it JAY-mee, identical to the English unisex name Jamie.
In Hispanic communities, Jaime carries the full weight of the James tradition—apostolic, royal, and widely used across centuries of Spanish-speaking culture.
The name bridges the Spanish and English naming traditions in a single form: Jaime looks Spanish; Jamie looks English. Both are pronounced similarly when English phonology is applied.
US popularity over time
Numerology and symbolism
Based on Pythagorean numerology — a traditional system linking name letters to numbers. Presented for cultural interest.
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