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

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it became ''Chaime'', and in Catalonia it became ''Jaume''. In western Spain Jacobus became '' Iago''; in Portugal it became ''Tiago''. The name ''

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'' 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

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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, attorney * Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (born 1959), Filipino chairman and CEO of the Ayala Corporation * Jaime Barría (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, 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 ''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 (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 (1948–2014), Spanish road cyclist * Jaime Jaquez Jr. (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 (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 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 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 * Jaime Vera (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 hon ...

(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 DC Comics 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 ...

, 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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