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Boy · English short form of a Hebrew name
Jim
Say it: JIM
Meaning
A short form of James, from Latin Iacomus, a form of Jacob, Hebrew Ya'aqov, linked in Genesis to 'heel' and 'supplanter'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Given as a full name in the US since the 1800s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 153,775 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1882, about 1 in 287 boys
- 38 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jimmy, Jimmie
Famous bearers
- Jim Thorpe, American athlete
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.