Given name & surname · also Old Spanish
Jayme
“he who supplants”·“she who supplants”
Jayme is a variant of Jaime. In Spanish use, Jaime carries the interpretation “he who supplants.” Jayme is a variant of Jamie. In Hebrew use, Jamie carries the interpretation “she who supplants.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jayme is a variant of Jaime. In Spanish use, Jaime carries the interpretation “he who supplants.” Jayme is a variant of Jamie. In Hebrew use, Jamie carries the interpretation “she who supplants.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jayme comes from Old Spanish, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Spanish Jayme, from Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ, from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ), from Biblical Hebrew עָקַב.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1938. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jayme through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17,968
- 3,897 boys · 14,071 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 696 babies
- 2025
- 28
- #6,257 for boys · #7,646 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 36% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,646 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 49.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 597 in 1985. It also appeared in 14 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 15,960 as a first name in 2020; 534 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.
Jayme’s family of names
In Old Spanish usage, Jayme shares an earlier linguistic root with Jacob. In Old Galician-Portuguese usage, Jayme has a related form in James. Jayme has a related form in Jamie.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jayme has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Santiagoequivalent
- Jacobdoublet · osp, roa-opt
- Jayequivalent
- GiacomoItalian
- Jaymieequivalent
- Yagodoublet · osp
- Jaymaequivalent
- Jaumeequivalent
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People named Jayme
- Jayme LawsonAmerican actressborn 1997
- Jayme MonjardimBrazilian TV and film directorborn 1956
- Jayme ChemelloBrazilian Roman-Catholic bishop1932–2025
- Jayme MataAruban judoka (* 1982)
- Jayme TiomnoBrazilian physicist (1920–2011)
- Jayme de AlmeidaBrazilian association football playerborn 1953
- Waco O'GuinAmerican comedianborn 1975
- Jayme MatarazzoBrazilian actorborn 1985
- Jayme RichardsonAustralian Paralympic cyclistborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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