James or Jamie

[Jessabean]

Just wondering what people would put on BC if they were planning on using the name Jamie day to day. Do you consider it a nn of James or name that should be used fully in its own right? And thoughts on both names as well I guess!

[quote Jessabean]@Greywind1523 thats a good point forgot Jamie is more popular as girl name in US- think it might be same in Australia? [/quote]
I'm a Brit in Australia and have met a mix of boy and girl Jamie's. I wouldn't say I've come across more girls than boys but it's definitely seen as a unisex here where's UK it's predominantly male.

My brother always said once he started his first "grown up job" he introduce himself as James. But he's a senior school history teacher and still goes by Jamie which I thought he might find a bit juvenile at this age (not that I think it is but he was always so insistent he'd be James as an adult) but the name does really suit him still.

@palmsandwine thanks good to know - I know I'd heard a few female Jamie's who were Aussie but wasn't completely sure how it stands out there so good to get some perspective.
Yea I really don't think there's any real issues with it being seen as an adult name later in life personally to me it's the same as being called Simon or Harry and there are imo so many other more 'babyish' male names out there now in what will be their peer group that I really don't think they'd come across as immature. It's more whether to give them the options for other unforeseen reasons such as differences in other countries or just if they don't like Jamie and want the option or whether just to stick to what they will be known as as that's what they'll more than likely stay as throughout life and it may seem weird to have another formal name I guess.

Jamie is most definitely a name in its own right. There are plenty of them up here in my part of Scotland.

I like it lots as a name.🙂

I'm married to a Jamie. He gets people assuming it's a nickname for James and calling him that to try to be polite, which is a bit annoying. He also gets foreign colleagues who only know him via email assuming he is a female.

James, Jamie is one of a number of NN.

I had a fried christened Jamie who was annoyed as it is harder to NN yourself James and he thought Jamie was young sounding in his twenties (he had a serious job).

So I'd go with James to give the child more options.

James

I have a James. He's Jimmy day to day (sorry I don't like Jamie) but we used James on the BC because that is a name that can grow with him. He can stay Jimmy / Jim is he wants or he can be James.

I knew lots of James / Jamie as a child. All were James properly and from what I can see on FB most of them now use James rather than Jamie (I don't know if GOT had anything to do with that)

Female Aussie Jamie's make me think of Jai'mai private school girl lol

James

I know a lovely little boy who is a James known as Jamie. Jamie suits him really well and he doesn't like to be called James but I think it's nice to have the option to 'formalise' the name when you're older. My cousin was also a James known as Jamie. He's in his 20s now and I think professionally he goes by James now but in the family he will always be Jamie.

@Twizbe 😂 Yea was thinking of that in part when I queried whether is thought it was more of a girls name in Australia
Is different in my mind for a boy though thankfully!

What I'm taking from this basically is that either goes and is considered acceptable really and its just more a personal choice of whether to give them the formal name to allow for options or not 🤷‍♀️

James because it's a nice name.

If you have no intention of ever calling him James, put Jamie on the BC.

@Jessabean

What I'm taking from this basically is that either goes and is considered acceptable really and its just more a personal choice of whether to give them the formal name to allow for options or not 🤷‍♀️

That's it in a nutshell! :)

I don’t think of Jamie as a nn for James. Jim or Jimmy are though. I prefer James but it is my favourite name(shame I had 2 girls!)

I'm in my 40's and know several James' and Jamie's (of varying ages) and none of them are a James/Jamie hybrid. They are all one or the other.

In fact it's only on here I've heard them as being one and the same.

I find this conversation very interesting, the insistence from some that it is better to use the formal James on the BC and keep Jamie as a nn. I find it interesting because I cannot recall a similar argument on threads where mums to be are considering Alfie, Archie, Charlie, Harry etc. I honestly can't remember any one ever saying that a child should be named Archibald on the BC and Archie as a non, or Alfred, Henry, John (for Jack), Frederick etc etc. So I'm wondering why the opinion is so different when it comes to Jamie/ James?

I'm considering Jamie and would put James on the birth certificate.

(also I would do the same for Charlie, Freddie etc, I would register with the full name)

@Erictheavocado, but there usually is an insistence.
Archer (pulls face) is usually suggested for Archie etc.

I think of Jim or Jamie as short forms of James. For some reasons I don't see Jay as being one.

Harrison often gets suggested as a long form of Harry, so I'm a bit surprised that noone has suggested Jameson.

Put whatever you call the child on the BC, but bear in mind that people will assume that the real name is the full name, or the most usual full name - Frederick not Alfred for Freddie. Not a big issue but can be a pain if the initial is different.

If you really like the full name and the so called nn, put both.

I know a couple who put just Tom on the bc, and another who just put Alex. Alex's parents slightly regretted it as they thought he might have liked the option of being Xander.

if you officially call him Jamie then he'll be limited just to Jamie!

I know a Jamie who goes by Jay.

I like James best but I don't think Jamie as a full name is absurd nowadays. One of my DC has a similar sort of "used to be a pet form of another name" name, and as somebody said upthread, it's silly to object to some of those but not others.

Jamie

I have an 18 year old Jamie who is James on his BC. He has always been Jamie and finds it a right old pita that his "proper" name is James. If I could do it again, I would put Jamie on his BC - that is his name and, as far as he is concerned, that will always be his name, just like anyone else. We thought it would be better in case he didn't want to be a 40 year old Jamie but he sees James as a different name!

If you only intend to call him Jamie, then put Jamie on BC - it is definitely a name in its own right.

If you want him to be called James at school, doctors, work, etc and Jamie as a nn, then go for James.

100% James -Jamie is so girly