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Robot-assisted [[WP:D|disambiguation]]: Feminine
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'''Jaime''' is a common [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] [[masculine]] [[given name]] for [[James]] or [[Jamie]]
In eastern [[Spain]], Jacobus became "Jacome" or "Jaime"; in [[Catalonia]], it became "Jaume".
In western Spain it became "[[Iago (disambiguation)|Iago]]", in Portugal and Galicia it became "Tiago".
The name of "[[Saint James]]" developed in Spanish to "[[Santiago (name)|Santiago]]", in Portuguese to "São Tiago".
The name "[[Diego]]" is also an [[Iberian]] version of "Jaime."
In English-speaking North America, Jaime is now mostly a [[Grammatical gender#Personal names|feminine]] [[given name]], used as an alternative spelling of [[Jamie]]. The common use of Jaime in that role can be traced to the 1970s America television series ''[[The Bionic Woman]]'', whose main character was called [[Jaime Sommers (The Bionic Woman)|Jaime Sommers]].
People with the name Jaime include:
*[[Jaime Cardinal Sin]]
*[[Jaime Hipp]], American water polo goalkeeper
*[[Jaime Huélamo]], Spanish road cyclist
*[[Jaime King]], model
*[[Jaime Maussan]]
*[[Jaime Nunó]]
*[[Jaime Pressly]], American actress
*[[Jaime Augusto Zobel]]
==See also==
* [[Jamie]]
* [[James]]
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[[Category:Portuguese feminine given names]]
[[Category:Spanish feminine given names]]