First names in Hebrew

First name Jaime: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יעקב

Gematria value: 182

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Jaime is written יעקב

For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.

Meaning and origin

What does Jaime mean?

Meaning: from James, Jacob, "he holds the heel"
Origin: Hebrew

Jaime has two lives. In Spanish and Portuguese, pronounced “Hai-me”, it is a man's name, the local form of James. In English, pronounced “Jay-mee”, it is a spelling of Jamie, given mostly to girls. Both come from James, and James from Jacob, the Hebrew Yaakov, from akev, “heel”.

Gematria

Jaime = 182

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. יעקב has 4 letters:

• יthe letter Yod10
• עthe letter Ayin70
• קthe letter Kuf100
• בthe letter Bet2
• Total182

Written ג׳יימי (as it sounds in English), Jaime is worth 73.

The verse of the name

From the letter Yod to the letter Bet

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Jaime, from י to ב:

יַעֲרֹף כַּמָּטָר לִקְחִי תִּזַּל כַּטַּל אִמְרָתִי כִּשְׂעִירִם עֲלֵי־דֶשֶׁא וְכִרְבִיבִים עֲלֵי־עֵשֶׂב׃

“May my teaching fall like rain, may my word come down like dew, like showers on young grass, like droplets on green plants.”

Deuteronomy 32:2

The book of your first name

Jaime, in nine pages

• Jaime, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Jaime
• Jaime, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Jaime in three answers

How do you write Jaime in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Jaime is written יעקב. Jaime is the Spanish form of James, from Jacob, יעקב in Hebrew; in English it is also a spelling of Jamie. As it sounds in English, it is written ג׳יימי.

What is the gematria value of Jaime?
Written יעקב, Jaime is worth 182: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Bet (2). Written ג׳יימי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 73.

What does Jaime mean?
From James, Jacob, "he holds the heel (origin: Hebrew). Jaime has two lives. In Spanish and Portuguese, pronounced “Hai-me”, it is a man's name, the local form of James. In English, pronounced “Jay-mee”, it is a spelling of Jamie, given mostly to girls. Both come from James, and James from Jacob, the Hebrew Yaakov, from akev, “heel”.