Pronunciation | /ˈdʒeɪmi/ ; Spanish: [ˈxajme] ; Portuguese: [ˈʒajmɨ] |
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Gender | Unisex Male (Spanish, Portuguese) |
Language(s) | French, Spanish, Portuguese, English |
Origin | |
Meaning | "He may/will/shall follow/heed/seize by the heel/watch/guard/protect”, "Supplanter/Assailant", "May God protect" or "May he protect" [1] |
Other names | |
Cognate(s) | Chaime, Jaume, Iago, Santiago, Tiago, Diego, Diogo |
Anglicisation(s) | James, Jamie, Jacob |
Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became Jacome and later Jacme. In east Spain, Jacme became Jaime, in Aragon it became Chaime, and in Catalonia it became Jaume . In western Spain Jacobus became Iago ; in Portugal it became Tiago. The name Saint James developed in Spanish to Santiago , in Portuguese to São Tiago. The names Diego (Spanish) and Diogo (Portuguese) are also Iberian versions of Jaime.
In the United States, Jaime is used as an independent masculine given name, along with given name James. [2]
For females, it remains less popular, not appearing on the top 1,000 U.S. female names for the past 5 years. [2]
Pérez is a very common Castilian Spanish surname of patronymic origin.
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Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for Peter. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter.
Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, and former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey".
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Vergara may refer to:
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De Ayala is the surname of:
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name Franciscus.
Flores is a Spanish, Italian and Portuguese surname.
Moreno is a Spanish, Filipino, Portuguese, French, and occasionally, an Italian surname. It may refer to:
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Zobel is a German family name. It may occasionally appear as Zóbel in Spanish-language texts.