James or Fraser

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BringBack1996 · 30/05/2012 09:07

How many people/children do you know who are James but go by Jamie? I really love the nn Jamie, not fussed by James but think Jamie is just lovely. Potential popularity does put me off though as DS and DD have v. popular names and although they suit them it does somewhat irritate them being 'X initial'. So would this likely be the case with Jamie? Other possibility is Fraser.

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StellaNova · 01/06/2012 12:19

My DS1 is James known by everyone as Jamie. We called him Baby James for about the first four weeks and from then on it was Jamie.

There are no other Jamies in his nursery (or James for that matter.) I do hear it in the parks a bit, more so round here in Essex than where we used to be in London though, and they seem to be a bit older - 8 or 9.

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BringBack1996 · 01/06/2012 13:08

Looking at the stats James does seem to be getting a bit less popular. Fraser OTOH looks like it's about to go up again so might be a bit more dating. I don't know!

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squoosh · 01/06/2012 13:12

I think James' will always be around, you'll never hear someone say 'Oh, I haven't met a James in a while'.

James doesn't date, Fraser is having a surge, but they're both pretty safe bets in terms of not dating horribly.

CharlieBoo · 01/06/2012 18:03

Oh James is much nicer than Fraser... Which I wouldn't class as classic at all but that's my opinion.

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