Girl or boy · Hebrew, through Scots
Jamie
Say it: JAY-mee
Meaning
A Scottish pet form of James, from Hebrew Ya'aqov (Jacob), traditionally read as 'heel-holder' or 'supplanter'; for girls also a pet form of names like Jamesina.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Long a Scottish boys' name, it became popular for girls in the US from the 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 355,347 babies given this name since 1884
- At its height in 1976, about 1 in 117 girls
- 736 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jaime, Jayme
Famous bearers
- Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
- Jamie Foxx, American actor
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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