Given name & surname
Jaume
“he who supplants”
Jaume 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.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jaume 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
Jaume is a form of James. James is the English and Scottish form of a name sharing the Hebrew ancestor Yaakov with Jacob. English developed a lasting distinction between the two; that separation is not universal across languages.
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How it developed
Jaume 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
Jaume 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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Jaume’s family of names
In Catalan usage, Jaume has a diminutive in JAUMET. Jaume shares a linguistic root with James. In Catalan usage, Jaume has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jacob.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jaume has relatives in 8 languages.
8 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 43
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jamescognate · English
- Jackequivalent
- Santiagoequivalent
- JacobEnglish
- Thiagoequivalent
- Diegoequivalent
- Jaimecognate · Portuguese, Spanish
- Tiagoequivalent
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- Yakovequivalent
- Seamusequivalent
- Jakobequivalent
- Jacquesequivalent
- Jacoboequivalent
- GiacomoItalian
- Jimequivalent
- JakubCzech
- Jaymeequivalent
- Yakubequivalent
- Jacobusequivalent
- Jakabequivalent
- Yaacovequivalent
- Jacoequivalent
- Yacobequivalent
- Jacopoequivalent
- Yakivequivalent
- יעקבequivalent
- Jakezequivalent
- Jokūbasequivalent
- يعقوبequivalent
- Jacumequivalent
- Jaakkoequivalent
- Jacóequivalent
- Yakupequivalent
- JakobusGerman
- Xacobeequivalent
- Яковequivalent
- Iacobusequivalent
- Jiminyequivalent
- Chaimeequivalent
- Jockelequivalent
- Séamusequivalent
- Jaccoequivalent
- Iacopoequivalent
People named Jaume
- James II of AragonKing of Aragon and Valencia, Count of Barcelona and King of Sicily (1267-1327)
- Jaume Collet-SerraSpanish-American film director (born 1974)
- Jimmy JumpSpanish pitch and stage invader, primarily association football matches.born 1976
- Jaume Bartumeuformer Prime Minister of Andorraborn 1954
- James II of MajorcaKing of Majorca1243–1311
- James III of MajorcaKing of Majorca1315–1349
- Jaume DoménechSpanish association football playerborn 1990
- Jaume BalagueróSpanish film directorborn 1968
- Ferrer BassaGothic painter and illuminator from 14th century. He introduced Italian style in Crown of Aragon (1285-1348)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Jaume, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Jakome
“he who supplants”
>99% boys
Jaemes
“he who supplants”
>99% boys
Jaim
“he who supplants”
86% boys · 14% girls
Jaem
“he who supplants”
91% boys · 9% girls
Jeames
“he who supplants”
>99% boys
Jakom
“he who supplants”
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Nathe
“he has given” · “God has given”
>99% boys
Jozia
“God heals” · “God will help”
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