Jayme

Jayme

1. a surname
2. a male given name

• Jaymes, Jaime, Jame, James

Borrowed from Old Spanish Jayme, from Latin Iācōbus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), borrowed from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from עקב. Doublet of Jacob.

Jayme m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English James

• Galician: Xaime
• Portuguese: Jaime

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “Ja?me?”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Jayme”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• Jaime

Inherited from Latin Iācōbus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), borrowed from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from עקב. Doublet of Jacob and Yago.

Jayme m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English James

• Spanish: Jaime
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: Jayme, Jaymes, Jaime, Jame, James
  • Galician: Xaime
  • Portuguese: Jaime

Jayme m

1. archaic spelling of Jaime