Jamie or Jaimie

[ottermadness]

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

Jamie

I know a Jaymeigh. I always read it as Jay-May, but no, it's pronounced Jamie

Married to a 50 year old Jamie. Bloody love the bones of him.

I know a guy called Jaime. Everyone assumes it's a mistake.

Jamie

I know a guy called Jaime. Everyone assumes it's a mistake.

I assume that's Spanish and pronounce accordingly.

Jaimie isn't anything and spellcheck agrees.

Ahem, jaimie here so it is a real name folks 😂.

Honestly though folk generally assume it should be jamie and even long standing friends have been known to spell it incorrectly when addressing me.

Just go for James and then call him Jamie??
Other spellings are not necessary.

Jamie. Hate James

Unless you are of Spanish or Portuguese descent and intend to pronounce it accordingly, I would stick to Jamie. If you opt for Jaimie you, and your son, are likely to have a lifetime of corrections ahead. Most people will mispronounce it, spell it wrongly, or both.

Ahem, jaimie here so it is a real name folks 😂

Well, just because some other parents spelt it wrong doesn't make it a real name!

Bit rude! I am very real thank you very much

@MrsTerryPratchett

No, he's not Spanish - British and so are his parents. And it's pronounced Jamie.

My step-brother is Jaime. Always thought that was the girls spelling tbh.

James is lovely. It's Jamie for a boy if you must

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?

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.