Given name & surname
Jaymes
“he who supplants”
In English use, Jaymes has a related form in 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
In English use, Jaymes has a related form in 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.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Jaymes has a related form in 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.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Jaymes has a related form in 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 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Jaymes has a related form in 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Jaymes through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,567
- 2,430 boys · 137 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 144 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #5,975 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 75% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,975 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 41.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 144 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,156 as a first name in 2020; 240 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.
Jaymes’s family of names
In English usage, Jaymes has a related form in James. In Old Galician-Portuguese usage, Jaymes has a related form in Jayme.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jaymes
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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