Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In

Occitania Occitania ( oc, Occitània , , or ) is the historical region in Western Europe, Western and Southern Europe where the Occitan language, Occitan language was historically spoken and where it is sometimes still used as a second language. This ...

Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...

it became ''Chaime'', and in

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

it became ''Jaume''. In western Spain Jacobus became '' Iago''; in Portugal it became ''Tiago''. The name '' Saint James'' developed in Spanish to ''

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

'', in Portuguese to ''São Tiago''. The names '' Diego'' (Spanish) and '' Diogo'' (Portuguese) are also Iberian versions of ''Jaime''. In the

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, Jaime is used as an independent

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, along with

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

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 Areizaga-Soto Jaime A. Areizaga-Soto is an American attorney and politician who has served as the chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs since September 2022. In 2011, he was the Democratic nominee for ...

, attorney * Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (born 1959), Filipino chairman and CEO of the Ayala Corporation *

Jaime Barría Jaime Jonathan Barría Soto (born July 18, 1996) is a Panamanian professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). Barría signed with the Angels as an international free agent in 2013. He made his MLB deb ...

(born 1996), Panamanian baseball player * Jaime Bosch, several *

Jaime Botín Jaime Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y García de los Ríos (born 10 April 1936) is a Spanish billionaire heir, banker and art collector. Early life Botín was born in 1936.

(born 1936), Spanish billionaire heir and banker *

Jaime Camara Jaime Camara (born November 5, 1980 in Goiânia) is a Brazilian race car driver, who in 2008 competed in the IndyCar Series for Conquest Racing. Motorsports career Indy Racing League Camara previously competed in the 2005 and 2006 seasons of the ...

(born 1980), Brazilian racing driver *

Jaime Camil Jaime Federico Said Camil de Saldanha da Gama (born 22 July 1973) is a Mexican actor, singer and television personality. He is best known for his roles as Fernando Mendiola in ''La Fea Más Bella'' and Rogelio de la Vega in ''Jane the Virgin'', ...

(born 1973), actor *

Jaime Carbonell Jaime Guillermo Carbonell (July 29, 1953 – February 28, 2020) was a computer scientist who made seminal contributions to the development of natural language processing tools and technologies. His extensive research in machine translation result ...

, computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University * Jaime Castillo, several *

Jaime Clarke Jaime Clarke is an American novelist and editor. He is a founding editor of the literary journal ''Post Road'' and co-owner, with his wife, of Newtonville Books, an independent bookstore in Boston. Early life and education Clarke was born in ...

(born 1971), American novelist and editor *

Jaime Córdoba Jaime Miguel Córdoba Taborda (born 7 May 1988) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cortulua. He previously played for América de Cali, Junior Barranquilla and more recently Atlético Nacional. Córdoba came to fame after ...

(born 1988), Colombian footballer *

Jaime Córdoba (politician) Jaime Córdoba (born 11 October 1950) is a Curaçaoan politician of the Sovereign People (PS). Between 23 December 2016 and 29 May 2017 he was Minister for Social Development, Work and Welfare. He was a member of the Estates of Curaçao between 20 ...

(born 1950), Curaçaoan politician *

Jaime Escalante Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutiérrez (December 31, 1930 – March 30, 2010) was a Bolivian-American educator known for teaching students calculus from 1974 to 1991 at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. Escalante was the subject of the 19 ...

, Bolivian-American educator and subject of the film ''

Stand and Deliver ''Stand and Deliver'' is a 1988 American drama film directed by Ramón Menéndez, written by Menéndez and Tom Musca, based on the true story of a high school mathematics teacher, Jaime Escalante. For portraying Escalante, Edward James Olmos wa ...

'' * , 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 Guzmán Jaime Jorge Guzmán Errázuriz (June 28, 1946 – April 1, 1991) was a Chilean constitutional law professor, speechwriter and member and doctrinal founder of the conservative Independent Democrat Union party. In the 1960s he opposed the Universit ...

(1946–1991), Chilean lawyer and politician *

Jaime Hipp Jaime Elizabeth Komer (née Hipp, born September 1, 1981, in Fresno, California) is a former female water polo goalkeeper from the United States, who won the gold medal with the United States women's national water polo team at the 2007 World Ch ...

, American water polo goalkeeper *

Jaime Huélamo Jaime Huélamo (17 November 1948 – 31 January 2014) was a road racing cyclist from Spain, who was a professional rider from 1973 to 1975. He was born in Cuenca, Spain. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich ...

(1948–2014), Spanish road cyclist *

Jaime Jaquez Jr. Jaime Jaquez Jr. (, ; born February 18, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins of the Pac-12 Conference. He was named a consensus second-team All-American and voted the Pac-12 Player of the Year as a senior in 2023. ...

(born 2001), American basketball player *

Jaime Jiménez Merlo 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 i ...

(born 1980), Spanish football (soccer) player commonly known as Jaime *

Jaime King Jaime King (born April 23, 1979) is an American actress and model. In her modeling career and early film roles, she used the names Jamie King and James King, which was a childhood nickname given to King by her parents, because her agency alread ...

(born 1979), American actress and model *

Jaime King (swimmer) Jaime Anne King (born 18 December 1976) is a female English former competitive swimmer. Swimming career King represented Great Britain at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She is best known for winning the bronze medal a ...

(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 Black Eyed Peas (also known as The Black Eyed Peas) is an American musical group consisting of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo. The group's line-up during the height of their popularity in the 2000s featured Fergie, who replaced Kim Hil ...

Jaime de Marichalar Jaime de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada, Lord of Tejada (born 7 April 1963), is the former husband of the Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, the eldest daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain. Personal life Of Navarran Basque Carlis ...

(born 1963), former Spanish royalty *

Jaime Maussan José Jaime Maussan Flota (born May 31, 1953) is a Mexican journalist, television personality and ufologist. Career Jaime Maussan studied journalism at UNAM and Miami University in Ohio, United States. Since 1970 he has been a reporter at var ...

(born 1953), Mexican journalist *

Jaime Meline Jaime Meline (born March 2, 1975), better known by the stage name El-P (shortened from his previous stage name El Producto), is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Starting his career as a member of Company Flow, he has been a ...

, 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 Jaime Nunó Roca (September 8, 1824 – July 18, 1908) was a Spanish composer from Catalonia who composed the music for the Mexican national anthem. Early life and education Nunó was born on September 8, 1824 in Sant Joan de les Abadesses, a ...

(1824–1908), Spanish composer * Jaime Pressly (born 1977), American actress *

Jaime Patricio Ramírez 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 i ...

(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 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 ...

(born 1973), Spanish footballer *

Jaime Sin Jaime Lachica Sin ( zh, t=辛海梅, 辛海棉, poj=Sin Hái-mûi, Sin Hái-mî; August 31, 1928 – June 21, 2005), commonly and formally known as Jaime Cardinal Sin, was the 30th Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila and the third cardinal from ...

, Filipino Catholic cardinal who took part in the

People Power Revolution The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution, was a series of popular Demonstration (people), demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22 to 25, 1986. There was a ...

Jaime Vera Jaime Andrés Vera Rodríguez (born 25 March 1963) is a former Chilean association football, footballer and current manager. Club career Vera began his professional career in Chile with Colo-Colo, before spending five seasons with OFI Crete F.C ...

(born 1963), Chilean football (soccer) player * Jaime Yzaga (born 1967), Peruvian tennis player *

Jaime Zobel de Ayala Jaime Zóbel de Ayala y Pfitz (born 18 July 1934), also known as Jaime Zóbel, is a Filipino businessman who served as the chairman of the Ayala Corporation from 1984 to 2006 and as its president from 1984 to 1994. Presently, he holds the ho ...

(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

Characters

* Jaime Lannister, known as "Kingslayer", a fictional character in the fantasy epic novel series ''

A Song of Ice and Fire ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. He began the first volume of the series, ''A Game of Thrones'', in 1991, and it was published in 1996. Martin, who init ...

'' and its derived works such as TV series ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...

''. 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) Jaime Reyes is a fictional superhero character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner, the character made his first appearance in ''Infinite Crisis'' #3 (February 2006). ...

, a

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superhero known as Blue Beetle *

Jaime Rosales Jaime Heliberto Rosales Chirinos (born 8 June 1978) is a Honduran former football defender who last played for Platense. Club career Rosales started his professional career at Marathón and played for several clubs in the Honduran league. ...

, a character in Cassandra Clare's Lady Midnight * Jaime Sommers (''The Bionic Woman''), the title character of ''The Bionic Woman'' *

Jaime Castro 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 i ...

, a character in the television series Broad City

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