Jamie

Jamie \ja-mie, jam-ie\ is a boy's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Jamie is also used as a girl name name popularity, and more commonly so. Its pronunciation is JHEY-Miy- ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Jamie: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

What is the origin of Jamie?

Jamie is an English and Scottish name of Hebrew origin. Jamie is a variant (English and Scottish) of the name baby name Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian). Jamie is also a diminutive form (English) of the name baby name James (English and Hebrew). Jamie is a classic favorite. Today it is still fairly popular as a baby name for boys, though not to the extent it was previously. The name's popularity jumped from the 1930s up to the 1970s. At the modest height of its usage in 1976, 0.283% of baby boys were given the name Jamie. It ranked at #62 then. The baby name has since experienced a marked fall in popularity. In 2010, its usage was only 0.016% and its ranking #695. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Jamie, Jacob name popularity was the most popular. In 2010, it was used 66 times more than Jamie. There were times from 1904 to 1975 when more boys than girls were named Jamie, but currently it is more often than not a girl name. In 2009, the name Jamie was given to 3 times as many girls than boys.

The following famous people share the name Jamie:

• Actor Jamie Foxx, born Eric Bishop, 13 December 1967, Terrell, Texas
• Musician Jamie Hewlett, born 3 April 1968, Sussex, England.

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The baby name Jamie fun facts:

The name Jamie in reverse order is "Eimaj".

The numerological value of the name Jamie is number 2, which means cooperation, adaptability, consideration of others, partnering, mediating.

How popular is Jamie?

Jamie is in the top names in USA.