Jayme

Jayme: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “supplanter”
Origin: Spanish
Say it: JAY-mee · 2 syllables
Used for: Both (78% girls, 22% boys since 1880)

Usually a variant spelling of Jaime, the Spanish and Portuguese form of James, from Jacob. In English usage it can also function as a modern variant of Jamie.

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How popular is Jayme?

202412.6 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Jayme in 202442

Peak year1976

Total US babies since 188017,939

Jayme is fading: recent use is about 52% of its level ten years before.

Names like Jayme

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Jaimesupplanter · Hebrew
Rioriver · Spanish
Solsun · Spanish
SantanaSaint Anne · Spanish
Montanamountainous · Spanish
Guadaluperiver of the wolf · Spanish
Rosariorosary · Spanish
TrinidadTrinity · Spanish

Jayme questions

What does the name Jayme mean?

Jayme means "supplanter". It comes from Spanish. Usually a variant spelling of Jaime, the Spanish and Portuguese form of James, from Jacob. In English usage it can also function as a modern variant of Jamie.

Is Jayme a boy or girl name?

Jayme is used for both: about 78% of US babies named Jayme since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Jayme?

42 US babies were named Jayme in 2024. Its peak year was 1976.

How do you pronounce Jayme?

Jayme is usually pronounced JAY-mee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.