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Netruscan · 2024-04-29T10:15:02+00:00

Originally going to be called Jim after my granddad, but we've found out we're having a girl. Would this work?

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Calliopespa · 03/05/2024 17:52

SabreIsMyFave · 03/05/2024 17:48

Nah. 😆 No-one has been 'rude!' People have been having a laugh that's all!

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I’m still feeling guilty for Jim-Panzee!

SabreIsMyFave · 03/05/2024 17:48

Calliopespa · 03/05/2024 17:47

I tend to agree! At least I hope it isn’t because we’ve all been very rude if it is!

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Nah. 😆 No-one has been 'rude!' People have been having a laugh that's all!

Calliopespa · 03/05/2024 17:47

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 03/05/2024 17:43

The earnestness of this conversation…

Jimberly isn’t a genuine variant of anything.

Neither is this thread.

I tend to agree! At least I hope it isn’t because we’ve all been very rude if it is!

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 03/05/2024 17:43

The earnestness of this conversation…

Jimberly isn’t a genuine variant of anything.

Neither is this thread.

Mirabai · 03/05/2024 17:36

Anna-Liese follows the tradition of compound names - Anne/a-Marie, Mary-Anne, it’s just Anna + Liese which is a variant of Elisabeth/Elise which are both Hebrew originally.

Calliopespa · 03/05/2024 17:16

Lots of “actual” names are a mash-up though: Anneliese.

Mirabai · 03/05/2024 17:07

Calliopespa · 03/05/2024 16:22

Etymology is nothing more tangible than the history of words. Jimberley would be derived from Jim, in itself a derivation of James. And so on, backwards and sideways. My point was rather than pinpointing when it first emerged is less pertinent than whether it sounds nice.

History of the meaning of words.

Jimberly isn’t derived from Jim any more than it’s random variant of Kimberly.

The name Kimberly has roots in the language history - derived from cynberg - Kim/cyn - noble, berg/burg - fortress, or ber - bright, leigh - wood/field.

Jim = dim of James which is the latinisation of Hebrew Jacob meaning to follow, to supplant, to protect etc.

Jimberly doesn’t mean anything at all as it’s a random mashup of names from 2 completely different cultures/languages/etymology.

In short: Kim is a genuine variant of Kimberly, Jim is a genuine variant of James, Jimberly isn’t a genuine variant of anything.

Calliopespa · 03/05/2024 16:22

Etymology is nothing more tangible than the history of words. Jimberley would be derived from Jim, in itself a derivation of James. And so on, backwards and sideways. My point was rather than pinpointing when it first emerged is less pertinent than whether it sounds nice.

Mirabai · 03/05/2024 16:10

Calliopespa · 03/05/2024 14:23

I guess everything is made up at some point.

But is it a nice name?

It makes me think of the Jumblies: “their heads were green and their hands were blue and they went to sea in a sieve …”

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No that’s not how names and etymology works.

Lots of modern names are invented though - meaningless with no root in etymology, place, trade, attribute etc.

LikeTalkingToLassie · 03/05/2024 14:39

@MyLovelyPurse "Of the 304,706 baby girls in the 2021 dataset, 46 were excluded because they were born to non-residents of England and Wales.
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"Names with a count of 2 or less have been redacted using S40 of the Freedom of Information Act in order to protect the confidentiality of individuals."

No of baby girls registered as James in 2021 = 0.

Source: ONS.

Your previous post isn't 'evidence'.
Did you get your 'evidence' from a site like Nameberry?

MyLovelyPurse · 03/05/2024 14:26

@LikeTalkingToLassie see my previous post for evidence, or Google it.

Calliopespa · 03/05/2024 14:23

Mirabai · 03/05/2024 10:54

Of course it’s made up!

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I guess everything is made up at some point.

But is it a nice name?

It makes me think of the Jumblies: “their heads were green and their hands were blue and they went to sea in a sieve …”

LikeTalkingToLassie · 03/05/2024 14:23

Girls are called James too. Most commonly in the US but increasingly in the U.K. Do you have any data to back that op, @MyLovelyPurse ?
And the source.

MyLovelyPurse · 03/05/2024 14:22

@Hiddendoor

1 out of every 150 baby boys and 1 out of every 26,560 baby girls born in 2021 are named James.

MyLovelyPurse · 03/05/2024 14:19

Hiddendoor · 03/05/2024 14:15

James is not a name for a girl. It would be like calling a girl Duncan or Peter.

Girls are called James too. Most commonly in the US but increasingly in the U.K.

Hiddendoor · 03/05/2024 14:15

James is not a name for a girl. It would be like calling a girl Duncan or Peter.

Mirabai · 03/05/2024 12:01

SabreIsMyFave · 03/05/2024 11:08

It is a real name though! 😆

I wonder if the OP knew that when they created this thread??

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Of course it isn’t. Any more than Bimberly. It’s just a made up variant of an actual name.

SabreIsMyFave · 03/05/2024 11:08

Mirabai · 03/05/2024 10:54

Of course it’s made up!

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It is a real name though! 😆

I wonder if the OP knew that when they created this thread??

Mirabai · 03/05/2024 10:54

GreenShady · 03/05/2024 10:04

I honestly thought it was made up!

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Of course it’s made up!

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 03/05/2024 10:49

RogueFemale · 02/05/2024 11:14

But is your granddad's actual name Jim, or a nn for James?

I love James for a girl.

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Can you explain why? If I'd been given a name that caused a lot of confusion - nobody able to pronounce it, or spell it, or leading people to assume I was the opposite sex, or from a different country or religion - I'd have been mightily pissed off and would have been looking to change it as soon as I legally could. I am not very patient, though.

SabreIsMyFave · 03/05/2024 10:38

GirlOfThe70s · 03/05/2024 08:21

This is absolutely true - my late mother had an aunt called Robertina Colina.

Wow, that (almost) wins the thread! 😆

GreenShady · 03/05/2024 10:04

ThankGodForDancingFruit · 01/05/2024 10:19

Jimberly - Name Meaning — Is Your Name Helping You?

Your name, Jimberly, makes you clever, proficient, and analytical. You could be inventive along practical, mechanical lines. Your natural skepticism is overcome ...
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I honestly thought it was made up!

Vicmck · 03/05/2024 08:44

Just no. It’s awful but that’s just my opinion. Sounds like a joke name.

JaninaDuszejko · 03/05/2024 08:42

Unopenedpackofmenssocks · 29/04/2024 13:15

To be fair people probably said similar about Nigella once upon a time!

Nigella is a flower, also called Love-in-a-mist.

GirlOfThe70s · 03/05/2024 08:21

This is absolutely true - my late mother had an aunt called Robertina Colina.