Given name & surname
Jaime
“he who supplants”·“she who supplants”
In English use, Jaime is a variant of Jamie. In Hebrew use, Jamie carries the interpretation “she who supplants.” Jaime is a form of James. James is traditionally associated with “he who supplants” through its connection with Jacob. The explanation belongs to the biblical Jacob story, rather than describing a separate meaning created by the English spelling James.
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Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Jaime carries the interpretation “he who supplants.” In English use, Jaime is a variant of Jamie. In Hebrew use, Jamie carries the interpretation “she who supplants.” Jaime is a form of James. James is traditionally associated with “he who supplants” through its connection with Jacob. The explanation belongs to the biblical Jacob story, rather than describing a separate meaning created by the English spelling James.
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Where it comes from
A possible origin is Spanish, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
Jaime is used as a form of James. Jaime is a form of James. The shared background comes through James: The route to James passes through Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of the Latin form of Jacob. This different Latin development helps explain how James and Jacob could become distinct English names while retaining the same older origin.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jaime is a form of James. The history of James gives this family its wider story. James was borne by two New Testament disciples: James son of Zebedee and James son of Alphaeus. James later became a recurring Scottish royal name: James VI of Scotland took the English throne in 1603. After James II lost that throne in 1688, his family’s supporters became known as Jacobites, drawing on the Latin form of James.
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Jaime through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 121,558
- 71,491 boys · 50,067 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 9,240 babies
- 2025
- 455
- #657 for boys · #4,107 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 91% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 420 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 657 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,462 in 1980. It also appeared in 35 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (101). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 158,232 as a first name in 2020; 12,934 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jaime’s family of names
Jaime shares a linguistic root with James. In Spanish usage, Jaime has a conventional equivalent in the Danish form Jacob. Jaime is a form of James.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jaime has relatives in 41 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 20
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 52
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Yagodoublet · Spanish
- Jacobalso known as · English, Danish
- Jamescognate · English, French
- Tiagodoublet · Portuguese
- Yakovequivalent
- JakobSwedish, Norwegian Bokmål
- JacquesFrench
- GiacomoItalian
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- JakubCzech, Polish
- Jaymesequivalent
- HamishScots
- YakubTurkish
- Iagodoublet · Portuguese, Welsh
- Jacobusequivalent
- Yaacovequivalent
- Yacobequivalent
- Jacopoequivalent
- JammesOccitan
- JakabHungarian
- SeumasScottish Gaelic
- JagoCornish
- Jacumequivalent
- Jaumecognate · Catalan
- Jacódoublet · Portuguese
- Xacobeequivalent
- Chaimeequivalent
- Iacobequivalent
- ДжеймсRussian
- Jacmecognate · Occitan
- GiaimoItalian
- GiaimeItalian
- Xaimecognate · Galician, Asturian
- YakupTurkish
- JáhkotNorthern Sami
- ЯковRussian
- ĠakbuMaltese
- JēkabsLatvian
- IacomusLatin
- ジェイムズJapanese
- ジェームズJapanese
- SéamusIrish
- SéamasIrish
- יעקבHebrew
- IakopoHawaiian
- JaakkoFinnish
- JakesBasque
- JaakEstonian
- 야고보Korean
- 詹姆斯Mandarin
- JaguBreton
- Sanctusroot · Latin
- Ἰάκωβοςroot · Ancient Greek
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jaime
- Jaime RodríguezSalvadoran footballer1959–2025
- Jaime PresslyAmerican actress, model, and producerborn 1977
- Jaime AlguersuariSpanish racing driverborn 1990
- Jaime KingAmerican actress and modelborn 1979
- Jaime PenedoPanamanian footballerborn 1981
- TabooAmerican rapper (born 1975)
- Jaime LorenteSpanish actorborn 1991
- Jaime MurrayEnglish actressborn 1976
- Jaime LusinchiVenezuelan Politician (1924-2014)
Characters named Jaime: Jaime Lannister (A Song of Ice and Fire), Blue Beetle (DC Comics superhero).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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