♂♀ Name Jaime

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Jaime is a ♀ girl name and a ♂ boy name. That makes Jaime one of the gender-neutral unisex names.

Where does the name Jaime come from?

In Spain and Portugal, Jaime is a masculine name. It is considered a form of the biblical name Jacob and developed from the forms Jacome and Jacme. In English speaking countries, Jaime is a feminine and masculine name and is considered a variant of the name Jamie, which also derived from Jacob. Jaime is a name of a character of the series “Game of Thrones”. He is the eldest son of Tywin and Joanna Lannister, the twin brother of Cersei and the murderer of the mad King Aerys II Targaryan.

What does the name Jaime mean?

Jaime originally means “may God protect”. Besides, Jaime means “holder of the heel” (from Hebrew “‘akév/עָקֵב” = heel) or “supplanter” (from Hebrew “‘akáv/עָקַב” = to follow/to supplant), because Jacob was born grasping the heel of his first born twin brother Esau and he bought his birthright to supplant him.

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