Jamie?

[Mississippimudpie]

What do you think about the name Jamie for a boy? I'm not keen on the name James.

Love It, I have one he is lovely :)

I also have a Jamie. He is lovely too.

My Jamie will be here in 5 weeks

Yes I like it too.

I don't like shortened names or nicknames My DCs have short names that end in n. I think ie or y ending names on children are cute but silly on a grown man. The pub landlord once said its James, Jim even Jimbo but never Jamie.

I don't want to cause any offence. You wouldn't be asking unless you had some doubts so I say my comment in the spirit of giving an honest opinion not to be venomous. I am afraid I'm one of those people who thinks it is odd to name your child a nickname rather than a recognised name. All these Harry/Jake/Jamie/Freddie/Lottie names IMO will cause the child problems as people will assume a Jamie is a James, a Jake a Jacob etc. James is a great name, easy to pronounce, widely recognised, strong, masculine, classic but not dated. Jamie is a lovely nickname for a young child. In your shoes I would go for James and call him Jamie at home.

I like it. Makes me think of a hunky Scottish gamekeeper :D
I'm normally not a short-form for legal name person, but there's a few exceptions that work for me. Jamie is one of them. I feel the same about Max and Alec.

I like Jamie for a name but I know a few females called Jamie so I tend to associate it as a girls name these days.

Great! My bd is technically James but has never ever been called it he's always been Jamie. He works in v serious job now too. Tis fab name.

I have a Jamie, so it's definitely a great name.
I think it's a name in its own right now, not necessarily thought of as a nn for James.

It's a bit dated.

I love it 'cos I've got one. Lengthy x post on this in recent past if you search.

My younger brother is called Jamie, he gets called James all the time and he hates it. He also gets called Jam-eee, he regularly expresses the wish that he was named something else.

However I think it's nice and kids can find anything to tease each other about.

OH is Jamie. He is 33 and very much a mans man. The name is not girly at all IMO.

great name

I love it for a nick name for James.
My cousin James has always been called Jamie, he is a grown man now. They intended on calling him Jamie from the get-go and nobody ever calls him James.

Love James and Jamie

I know a father/son both called James. Father goes by Jamie (late 40s) and son (24) goes by Jim and has done from a very young age!

I have a DS Jamie! Although I always call him Jim!

I've never really liked the sound of it. Think its the ee sound at the end mainly. But nothing wrong with it. I know a lot in their 30s and one who is two.

Much prefer Jim.

My db is a Jamie. My Scottish grandparents were horrified that he would be called Jamie and not James. They said Jamie was for the 'servants' (Not that they had any)

I think that although you don't get many adult men with -ee names at the moment, by the time Jamie/Freddie/Alfie/Charlie have grown up, it will just be normal (in the same way all men my age are called Chris, Steve or Andrew) so I wouldn't let that put you off.