Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In
Occitania
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Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in
Aragon
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it became ''Chaime'', and in
Catalonia
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it became ''
Jaume''. In western Spain Jacobus became ''
Iago
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''; in Portugal it became ''Tiago''. The name ''
Saint James'' developed in Spanish to ''
Santiago
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'', in Portuguese to ''São Tiago''. The names ''
Diego'' (Spanish) and ''
Diogo'' (Portuguese) are also
Iberian versions of ''Jaime''.
In the
United States
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, Jaime is used as an independent
masculine
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given name
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, along with
given name
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James.
For females, it remains less popular, not appearing on the top 1,000 U.S. female names for the past 5 years.
People
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Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Portuguese nobleman of the 15th/16th centuries, the
4th Duke of Braganza
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Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908–1975), Spanish prince, the second son of Alfonso XIII of Spain and his wife Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
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Jaime Alguersuari
Jaime Víctor Alguersuari Escudero (; born 23 March 1990), also known by his stage name Squire, is a Spanish former racing driver, sports broadcasting, broadcaster and DJ, who competed in Formula One from to .
Born and raised in Barcelona, Al ...
(born 1990), Spanish racing driver
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Jaime Angelopoulos (born 1982), Canadian sculptor
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Jaime Areizaga-Soto
Jaime A. Areizaga-Soto is an American attorney and politician who most recently served as the chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs from September 2022 through January 2025.
In 2011, he wa ...
, attorney
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Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala
Jaime Augusto Miranda Zóbel de Ayala II https://ir.ayalaland.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/File_75_Articles-of-Incorporation.pdf (born March 6, 1959), also known as Jaime Augusto Zóbel, is a Filipino businessman from the prominent Zóbe ...
(born 1959), Filipino chairman and CEO of the Ayala Corporation
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Jaime Barría
Jaime Jonathan Barría Soto (born July 18, 1996) is a Panamanian professional baseball pitcher for the Algodoneros de Unión Laguna of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels, and ...
(born 1996), Panamanian baseball player
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Jaime Battiste
Jaime Y. Battiste (born October 18, 1979) is a Canadian politician who has been a member of the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Liberal Party since 2019. A member of the Eskasoni First Nation, he is the first Mi'kmaw member of ...
(born 1979), Canadian politician
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Jaime Lyn Beatty
Jaime Lyn Beatty is an American actress and singer.
Early life and education
Beatty was born and raised in New York City. She graduated from the LaGuardia High School for Performing Arts, after which she attended University of Michigan. She gr ...
, American actress and singer
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Jaime Bosch, several
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Jaime Botín
Jaime Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y García de los Ríos (10 April 1936 – 15 August 2024) was a Spanish billionaire heir, banker and art collector.
Early life
Botín was born in 1936. (born 1936), Spanish billionaire heir and banker
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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 t ...
(born 1980), Brazilian racing driver
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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
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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 resul ...
, computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University
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Jaime Castillo, several
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Jaime Churches (born 1988), American politician
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Jaime Clarke (born 1971), American novelist and editor
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Jaime Córdoba (born 1988), Colombian footballer
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Jaime Córdoba (politician) (born 1950), Curaçaoan politician
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Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-American educator and subject of the film ''
Stand and Deliver''
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Jaime Eyzaguirre (1908–1968), Chilean lawyer and historian
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Jaime Fabregas
Jaime Francisco García Fábregas (; born February 28, 1950) is a Filipino actor and musical scorer.
Early life
Jaime Francisco García Fábregas was born in Iriga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines to his parents Pedro Fábregas and Isabel Gar ...
(born 1950), Filipino actor and musical scorer
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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
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Jaime Guzmán
Jaime Jorge Guzmán Errázuriz (June 28, 1946 – April 1, 1991) was a Chilean constitutional law professor, politician, and founding member of the conservative Independent Democratic Union party. In the 1960s, he strongly opposed the Universit ...
(1946–1991), Chilean lawyer and politician
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Jaime Hayon, Spanish designer and artist and founder of Hayon Studio
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Jaime Hernandez
Jaime (sometimes spelled Xaime) Hernandez (born 1959) is the co-creator of the alternative comic book '' Love and Rockets'' with his brothers Gilbert and Mario.
Early life
Jaime Hernandez grew up in Oxnard, California.Aldama, p. 119. He is the ...
, American cartoonist and co-creator of the comic book series ''
Love and Rockets''
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Jaime Hipp, American water polo goalkeeper
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Jaime Huélamo (1948–2014), Spanish road cyclist
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Jaime Jaquez Jr. (born 2001), American basketball player
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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
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Jaime King
Jaime Barbara King (born April 23, 1979) is an American actress and model best known for her roles in TV series '' Hart of Dixie'' (2011–2015) and ''Black Summer'' (2019–2021), and films such as ''Pearl Harbor'' (2001), ''Slackers'' (200 ...
(born 1979), American actress and model
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Jaime King (academic), professor of law
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Jaime King (swimmer) (born 1976), English Olympic swimmer
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Jaime Laredo (born 1941), Bolivian-American director and violist
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Jaime Lloreda (born 1980), Panamanian basketball player
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Jaime Luis Gómez, better known as Taboo, a member of
The Black Eyed Peas
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Jaime de Marichalar (born 1963), former Spanish royalty
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Jaime Maussan (born 1953), Mexican journalist
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Jaime Meline, aka El-P, hip-hop artist
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Jaime Melo (born 1980), Brazilian racing driver
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Jaime Moreno (born 1974), Bolivian football (soccer) player
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Jaime Murray
Jaime Erica Murray (born 21 July 1976) is an English actress. She is known for playing Stacie Monroe in the BBC series ''Hustle (TV series), Hustle'' (2004–2012), Lila West in the Showtime (TV network), Showtime series ''Dexter (TV series), ...
(born 1976), British actress
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Jaime Ray Newman
Jaime Ray Newman (born ) is an American actress, producer and singer. She is known for starring as Kristina Cassadine in the soap opera ''General Hospital'', Mindy O'Dell in the drama series ''Veronica Mars'', Kat Gardener in the fantasy series ...
(born 1978), American actress and singer
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Jaime Nunó (1824–1908), Spanish composer
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Jaime Pressly (born 1977), American actress
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Jaime Patricio Ramírez (born 1967), Chilean football (soccer) player
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Jaime Preciado
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, bassist of the rock band
Pierce the Veil
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*Jaime Queralt-Lortzing Beckmann, Spanish rally driver (winner
Rally España Histórico 2009)
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Jaime Sánchez Fernández (born 1973), Spanish footballer
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Jaime Sin
Jaime Cardinal 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 also formally known as Cardinal Sin, was the 30th Catholic Archbishop of Manila and the third cardina ...
, Filipino Catholic cardinal who took part in the
People Power Revolution
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Jaime Vera (born 1963), Chilean football (soccer) player
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Jaime Yzaga
Jaime Yzaga Tori (born 23 October 1967) is a Peruvian former professional tennis player. He reached two major singles quarterfinals during his career, at the 1991 Australian Open and the 1994 US Open.
Tennis career
As a junior, Yzaga won the ...
(born 1967), Peruvian tennis player
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Jaime Zobel de Ayala (born 1934), Filipino businessman and chairman emeritus of
Ayala Corporation
Ayala Corporation (, formerly ''Ayala y Compañía''; ) is the publicly listed holding company for the diversified interests of the Ayala Group. Founded in the Philippines by Domingo Róxas and Antonio de Ayala during Spanish colonial rule, ...
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Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala
Jaime Augusto Miranda Zóbel de Ayala II https://ir.ayalaland.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/File_75_Articles-of-Incorporation.pdf (born March 6, 1959), also known as Jaime Augusto Zóbel, is a Filipino businessman from the prominent Zóbe ...
(born 1959), Filipino businessman, son of Jaime, and current chairman and CEO of Ayala Corporation
Characters
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Jaime Lannister, known as "Kingslayer", a fictional character in the fantasy epic novel series ''
A Song of Ice and Fire
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'' and its derived works such as TV series ''
Game of Thrones
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''.
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Jaime Reyes (comics), a
DC Comics
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superhero known as
Blue Beetle
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* Jaime Rosales, a character in
Cassandra Clare
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Personal life
Clare was born Judith R ...
's Lady Midnight
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Jaime Sommers (''The Bionic Woman''), the title character of ''The Bionic Woman''
* Jaime Castro, a character in the television series
Broad City
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Surnames
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Juan Jaime (baseball) (1987–2024), Dominican baseball player
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Juan Jaime (footballer) (born 1993), Argentine footballer
See also
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''Jaime'' (1974 film), a Portuguese film directed by António Reis
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''Jaime'' (1999 film), a 1999 Portuguese film
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Domingo Romeo Jaime, one of the pioneers of Cuban Scouting
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''Jaime'' (album), a 2019 album from Brittany Howard
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Jaimes
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Jaimie
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James (name)
James is an English language given name that is a derivative of the name Jacob (name), Jacob, most commonly used for males.
Etymology
It is a ...
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Jamie
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Jaimee (disambiguation)
References
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