Jaime

[ˈhaɪ.meɪ]

Meaning

Spanish and Portuguese form of James, from Latin Iacomus

Background Story

Jaime is the Spanish and Portuguese form of James, which the name reaches through Old Spanish Jayme, Late Latin Iacomus, Ancient Greek Iakobos and Biblical Hebrew Ya'aqob. In Aragon the name became Chaime, in Catalonia Jaume and in Occitania Jacme. It is also a variant of Jamie, and the character Jaime Sommers in the television series The Bionic Woman helped to popularize it. It can sometimes be given in reference to the French phrase j'aime, meaning "I love", though it is pronounced differently.