# Spanish-speakers, how do you pronounce the name "Jaime"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 5, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-speakers-how-do-you-pronounce-the-name-jaime/829018 "2019-02-05T18:12:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-speakers-how-do-you-pronounce-the-name-jaime/829018/21 "2019-02-05T23:15:10Z")
> [@I.Dunno](#): > > When MLB pitcher Jaime Garcia (a Mexican) was playing in my town, the radio and TV announcers pronounced it High May. There was _maybe_ a slight accent on the first syllable. > > I never heard Garcia himself pronounce it. I like that. It’s a blend of the two pronunciations I started with, ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-speakers-how-do-you-pronounce-the-name-jaime/829018/22 "2019-02-05T23:46:17Z")
The dialect I speak is South Texas Spanish. The first syllable is pronounced high and the second like met without the t at the end, definitely not with an ay sound. ---
**Author:** ![Justy5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7cd45c/32.png) [@Justy5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justy5)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-speakers-how-do-you-pronounce-the-name-jaime/829018/23 "2019-02-06T00:06:35Z")
Hi Meh - Jaime That is what it sounds like to me in Spanish. Jamey in English. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-speakers-how-do-you-pronounce-the-name-jaime/829018/24 "2019-02-06T00:33:20Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > (Referring to “high-mee”) _High-mee_ sounds Yiddish to me. That reminds me – I once worked with a woman who was always talking about her husband Hymie, whom I pictured as a little old Jewish man. Eventually I learned that he was actually Jaime. At least in that instance, the pronunciations were identical. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-speakers-how-do-you-pronounce-the-name-jaime/829018/25 "2019-02-06T01:14:40Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > It’s perfectly obvious to everybody (except IPA snobs) what she meant. Heh. Only on the Dope would “IPA snobs” not refer to beer drinkers. 🙂 But **guizot** does have a bit of a point, as I’ve never heard it pronounced as “hah-MAY,” with an “ah” sound in the first syllable and the stress on the second, so I’m wondering if another pronunciation is intended there. The way I hear it, it’s closest to “HIGH-meh” in English, but with the “eh” like an “AY” sound without the “y” diphthong part at the end. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-speakers-how-do-you-pronounce-the-name-jaime/829018/26 "2019-02-06T02:06:12Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > That reminds me – I once worked with a woman who was always talking about her husband Hymie, whom I pictured as a little old Jewish man. Eventually I learned that he was actually Jaime. At least in that instance, the pronunciations were identical. AFAIK Hymie/Haim is actually a different Hebrew name. Jaime/James/Diego are variants of “Jacob”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-speakers-how-do-you-pronounce-the-name-jaime/829018.md?page=1)