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Jamie or Jaimie

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ottermadness · 20/01/2020 10:14

For a boy... we're in dispute in our household!

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Mrsjayy · 22/01/2020 10:16

I know a few adult men Jamie it really isn't "babyish" anyway don't faff about with speling he will be correctiing it all his life .

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ottermadness · 22/01/2020 10:12

Thanks folks, resolved. Jamie it is. Saved us resorting to roshambo, which is how we generally solve all disputes in our house but didn’t feel quite right for babies name, lol.

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Thestrangestthing · 22/01/2020 07:33

Well everyone else will spell it Jamie, so why confuse the situation?

UprightStiffRabbit · 22/01/2020 07:32

@Doyoumind

It really is. I live in a major city and have been here over 11 years with DC in school and all their friends, so I have come across a awful lot of names.

They are 2 separate names.

Obviously not everyone in Spain speaks with the same accent, just like in the UK, someone from Newcastle has a different accent to someone in Brighton.

In English speaking countries (UK/US) Jaimie is quite well known as the female spelling on Jamie.
Here's one for you en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaimie_Alexander

So back to the original question.

Jamie - Male
Jaimie - Female

(In the UK/UK pn the same)

OwlBeThere · 22/01/2020 04:18

All names are ‘made up’ though aren’t they? Didn’t Shakespeare invent Imogen? The point being every name is just a combination of sounds that people like the sound of. No more, no less. The convention of spelling words with one ‘proper’ spelling is also a fairly recent thing and if people want to spell names a different way then that’s up to them. I’m also laughing my head off at Jamie ‘starting to be name in it’s own right’...I know Jamie’s my dads age, I certainly know far more Jamie’s than James’s my own age and I’m 40. It’s been it’s own name for a very long time.

yellowallpaper · 21/01/2020 18:38

Jamie. No one will ever get the spelling of the other one right

Doyoumind · 21/01/2020 18:33

No.

At the start of this thread I told OP her spelling was wrong and there is no second i.

Jaime is High-may. I have know people with this name and I speak Spanish!

Not sure where in Spain you are but that is the standard Castilian pronunciation.

UprightStiffRabbit · 21/01/2020 18:19

@Doyoumind

Jaimie - High-May

Jaime - Hay-Meer

In the first there is another 'i'

2 different names.

Doyoumind · 21/01/2020 17:50

Never heard it pronounced Hay-meer and I have lived in Spain and speak Spanish. I would pronounce it something closer to High-may.

UprightStiffRabbit · 21/01/2020 16:37

@Rachel345

No. It's pm Hay-Meer

I live in Spain. The Spanish pn J as H/Y, so Jai = Hay, the me in this is pn more like meer. So Hay-Meer, but rolled into one word.

My ex's brother was Jaime.

Jack is pn Yak here.

MAFIL · 21/01/2020 16:33

My DH has a cousin called Jaimie KeepCooking and you are not far off, though I'd say it sounds more like High-meh. Of course everywhere has variations in pronunciation according to region, so his way might not be the only way.

Rachel345 · 21/01/2020 14:42

Hay May?Confused

KeepCookingWithGas · 21/01/2020 14:25

Jaime or Jaimie would confuse me as to desired pronunciation. I'd have a go at Hay - May!

I'd use Jamie every time.

But personally not keen for girls.

crustycrab · 21/01/2020 14:21

I know a 40 year old Jamie. Grew up with lots of them.

What's up with Caroline? 😳🙈

SmellyBeard · 21/01/2020 14:15

I know two young boys named Jamie rather than James. I think it's starting to be seen as a name in its own right.

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ottermadness · 21/01/2020 13:27

Wow... completely uncalled for. I'm a bit baffled.

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CodenameVillanelle · 21/01/2020 12:58

So by your reasoning most names aren't real names then, only the original version?

No, names do evolve of course. But that doesn't mean that calling your child floobar makes floobar a proper name.

Likewise a person being called jaimie doesn't make jaimie a proper spelling of Jamie.

halcyondays · 21/01/2020 12:54

Jamie and why should he be bullied? It’s a well known popular name and lots of boys are called it.

Tryingthisonefornow · 21/01/2020 12:54

Cant help it, going to bite. Why would he be bullied?

Tryingthisonefornow · 21/01/2020 12:54

So by your reasoning most names aren't real names then, only the original version? So jamie wont be either then I guess, it's a nickname for james.

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CodenameVillanelle · 21/01/2020 12:34

Not really, that's not what we understand names to be!

Poppydaisies · 21/01/2020 11:42

You could name your child floobar and that would mean that a person exists with the name floobar- does that somehow make floobar a real name?

Yes, because a name is simply a term used for identification.

CodenameVillanelle · 21/01/2020 11:36

You're real but your name is still made up!
You could name your child floobar and that would mean that a person exists with the name floobar- does that somehow make floobar a real name?

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