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<P><FONT SIZE=2>In Brasil we have both forms: Tiago and Jaime.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>That is also in Spanish</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Salute</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Rosina Lila [<A HREF="mailto:BlaroliaAOL.COM">mailto:BlaroliaAOL.COM</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 11:26 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: Versions of the name James</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hello,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> Jaime is indeed the Spanish version of Jacobus, derived presumably from</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the arab "haim" , a form of salutation which the Spaniards associated with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>their Patron Saint. (As everyone knows, much of Spain was occupied by Arabs</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>-"Moors"- for more than seven centuries, and their influence perdures in many</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>sounds and words in the Spanish language.)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> Another Italian version is Iago, derived from Giacomo that became Giaco,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>then Iaco, and later Iago. Iago is also used as a name in Spain, more and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>more frequently as it seems. The first references to the Apostle were as</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Santo Iago, later shortened to to the present one word Santiago.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> In Portuguese the name is either Iago or Tiago; both are quite popular</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>in Portugal as well as in Brasil, although Tiago seems to be used with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>greater frequency.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> Does anyone here know the etymology of the English version "James"?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Regards,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Rosina.</FONT>
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