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 [ 2 syll. ja-mie, jam-ie ] The girl name Jamie is also used as a boy name, though it is more often a girl name. It is pronounced JHEYMiy KEY. Jamie is of Hebrew origin and it is used mainly in English. Jamie is the feminine form of the English James. Jamie is a widely used name; it has 35 forms. Forms of the name include Jaima, Jaime, Jama (used in Polish as well), Jamay, Jamea, Jameka, Jamese, Jamesha, Jameshia, Jamesia, Jamesica, Jamessa, Jamia, Jamika, Jamis, Jamise, Jammie, Jamy, Jamya, Jaymi, and Jimmy. Other English forms include the pet form Jame, and the spelling variants Jaimee, Jaimey, Jaimi, Jaimie, Jaimy, Jamee, Jamey, Jami, Jamii, Jamye, Jayme, Jaymee, and Jaymie. In addition, Jamie is a form of the English and French Jacqueline in the English language. Jamie is popular as a baby girl name. The name increased in popularity from the 1920s up to the 1970s. At the peak of its usage in 1976, 0.798% of baby girls were named Jamie. It had a ranking of #18 then. The baby name has markedly slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #263 with a usage of only 0.063%, but it was nevertheless the 2nd most popular after the English and French Jacqueline, out of all girl names in its family. It was more regularly used than Jamie by 73% in 2008. Though there were times from 1904 to 1975 when more boys than girls were given the name Jamie, the name is today more frequently used for girls. There were 4 times more girls than boys who were named Jamie in 2007. Baby names that sound like Jamie include the English Jaimie, the English Jami, the English Jayme, the English Jaymee, the English Jaymi, the English Jaymie, the English Jacqueine, the Iranian Jahan, the English Jahna, the English and Polish Jama, the English Jamay, the English Jame, the English Jamey, the English Jamii, the English Jammie, the English Jamy, the English Jamye, the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Slavic, and Latvian Jana, the English Janae, and the Arabic Janan. A famous person named Jamie is Model James King, born Jamie King 23 April 1979, Omaha, Nebraska. KEY: Pronunciation for Jamie: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
