female James?

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Is there a female version or one that looks like/sounds like James (to use as a middle name if DC is DD) ?

Thanks

Jamie? Jaime?

Jemima
Jaime
Jemma
Jamelia

?

Jasmine at a push.

Jamesina

Jamie
Jaima/Jamia
Jamelia

That's hard - just use James :P (who uses their middle name)

you could go the french route - Jacqueline is the female James or one of it's nn ie Jacqui/Jacki

I once did business with a girl called Jamie and on her official letters she signed off 'James'. It felt a bit odd tbh.

Jemima - Jimmy?
Jamesina is the obvious one to my mind.

Isn't Jack short for John, rather than James?

You're going to get the geek in me now

James is derived from Jacob (Jacob in hebrew centuries of translation - they mean the same, come from same origin). James was Jacob but became James in N.T because translated via Greek not hebrew. (That is v.simplified)
In english it became James (obviously Jacob still used) in others Jacob evolved in a different way hence Jacqueline in french for a girl, From Jacques.

Jack as a nn for John evolved different (and only in english).

So depending on language it can be both.

Jem?

DD2 has a friend whose mn is James (apparently it was a surname on the mother's side).

Otherwise Jacqueline is a great idea.

Wearenotamused -- a friend named her DS Jacob Hamish and I have been biting my tongue ever since.

Gemma/Jemma? Used to be quite popular, but don't hear them so much these days. Jamie is quite nice for a girl too.

My niece is called Jaime (pronounced Jaymee) and I think its' lovely. She's 16 and loves her name.

I went to school with a girl called Jameson / jamieson not sure how it was spelt? Pronounced, Jay-me-son.

my surname is james and my wife has never used my first name (katie) she ALWAYS has, from the moment we met, used my surname, so whenever we're out she calls me James and no one has really said anything or reacted to the fact i have a 'boy's name! ha ha.

i think James is a great name for a girl! (though i am biased!)

Is this MumsNet giving me permission to use James as a mn if it is a girl or a boy ?!?! .

Thank you all very much.

James is a very soft sounding name imo and for a mn for a girl I think it is acceptable, especially if there is a family reason to use it.

I know a girl whose mn is Michael and that works imo. Also knew a Mary Faust which wasn't half as nice.

It doesn't look or sound like James, but Jacobina is a female version.

I actually know a female James. She goes by Jamie and doesn't tell anyone but close friends that she's actually a James.

What? Noooo!

You can't call your daughter James! I know it's all about unisex names today (Taylor, Ellis, Mckenzie) but really, James is a boy's name.

I speak as someone who has a unisex name. My name doesn't tell you my sex which I hate. And my name is actually normally a girl. James is a boy. A girl will not I would imagine thank you for it.

jamesy sounds a bit more girly?

I dont get the Jacob Hamish comment?

Coffee addict what type of business did you do with a girl called James ..... .

mathanxiety oh my lord, not good - you are a better person than me, I would have cracked and said something :)

nickschick They are both variations/come from James. James comes from Jacob and Hamish is Scottish (anglasised from Seumas which is James in Gaelic)

aw ty wearenot - that was puzzling me im easily confused.

If I have a daughter I'd like to call her James but I don't know if I'll be brave enough. A compromise would be Jamieson. Either way with Jamie as a nickname.