Jaime is the Spanish and Portuguese form of James, which goes back through Latin to the Hebrew Jacob and means "supplanter" or "holder of the heel", after the biblical story of Jacob grabbing his twin brother's heel at birth. In the United States it is pronounced the Spanish way, HY-may, by Hispanic families and the English way, like Jamie, by others. Jaime was number 262 in 2000, peaked at 250 in 2001 and ranks 657 among boys' names in 2025.