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Jamie for a baby boy

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Panda247 · 10/07/2013 22:34

I love the name Jamie but I read somewhere that it is a bit chavvy...(i hope not). Any thoughts on this?

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intarsia · 10/07/2013 23:16

Oh, and two of them are adults and there's nothing twee about them.

intarsia · 10/07/2013 23:14

Good Scottish name is Jamie. I know 3 and for all of them that's the name on their birth certificate,

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Panda247 · 10/07/2013 23:06

I love James too but very unfortunately it does not go so well with our surname...we have an unusual non brittish surname starting with 2 consonants....:( and James ending with an s is a bit too much. I feel that it is easier to say Jamie + surname in one go....thanks for all the advice so far!

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thefirstmrsrochester · 10/07/2013 23:01

Youngest dc is Jamie. He suits it. I haven't ever considered that it might be chavvy. Is it on a certain Ms Katie Hopkins list of kids her dc are not allowed to play with?
It's a lovely name, I've only known of two other Jamie's and they have been delightful.

AuntieStella · 10/07/2013 22:52

I think it's a lovely nn (I'd go for James on BC)

ShadowStorm · 10/07/2013 22:44

I don't think that Jamie is a chavvy name.

But if you're worried about that, put James on the birth certificate and use Jamie as a nickname.

bootsycollins · 10/07/2013 22:40

Dh wanted to name ds Jamie, I agreed as long as we put him down as James on his birth certificate. I love both James and Jamie but I'm glad that officially he is James.

SweetHoneyBeeeeee · 10/07/2013 22:39

I love it Grin not chavvy at all

Lovemynailstoday · 10/07/2013 22:39

I have a Jamie and it remains my favoourite name. Short for James in our case which is what appears on b.cert. He's always been Jamie, though.

RosesInTheRain · 10/07/2013 22:36

surely James nn Jamie so he has a choice when he's older- I think Jamie could be a bit twee on a grown man and that's who you are naming really.

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