A nickname for James

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I absolutely love the name James.
DH has a young and pretty distant cousin with the same name, (we don't see them often, so not too fussed about trouble with "stealing" the name), and the whole family uses the nickname Jimmy.
I don't know anyone called James, so Jimmy as a nickname threw me a bit. It turns out I can't get on with it as a nickname at all, to the point I'd avoid using the name.
I'm not against nicknames, I actually love Jamie as a casual version of James.
Anyone who knows a James, is that a common nickname? And if we used Jamie as an alternative to Jimmy, would that catch on?

If you want Jamie call him Jamie, its not really a nickname for James.

I don't like Jimmy either. Jamie is the obvious nickname to me but I do like Jim. Jim always feels like a top bloke to me.

I don't know any young Jimmys or even Jim. Sometimes I've heard Jamie, Jay very occasionally or mostly just James.

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Jamie (my fav)

I have known a few Jameses known as Jamie.

@Hellocatshome

If you want Jamie call him Jamie, its not really a nickname for James.

I had two Jameses in my class at primary school, both of whom went by Jamie. It absolutely is a nickname for James.

Jamie is lovely.

Every James I know is either Jamie or Jim. Both are equally common as nicknames. It's a family name and we have a lot of them.

What will the middle name be? I know a young boy called James Peter and everyone calls him JP.

I have a James. He is James. My dad tried Jamie once, he never did it again 😁.

You can give him whatever nickname you like, he will choose his own (if at all) with his friends. My James is currently "Parasitic Leech" (he's 17).

I had two Jameses in my class at primary school, both of whom went by Jamie. It absolutely is a nickname for James.

I stand corrected, never heard it used that way where I live. Also didnt know it was Jameses J thought it was James' but there you go.

I know lots of James's. I'm also married to one. None of them have ever been called Jimmy or Jamie. Only ever James. Some of the James's I was at school with were called Jim occasionally.

I stand corrected, never heard it used that way where I live. Also didnt know it was Jameses J thought it was James' but there you go.

Jameses is plural. James' is possessive.

I know two men called James. One goes by Jim and the other by Jamie.

We call ours Jammy Dodger. It’s one of those names where you can get away with pretty much anything as a nickname

Jamie was a nick name for James originally and still would be in some places (Scotland) although it's obviously popular as a stand a name, Jamie is perfectly valid as a nick name for James.
I have a James who we tend to just call James, his grandfather is Jimmy, i dont think I know any young Jimmys. We did call him Jamesie when he was wee, this is another variation used in Scotland (James is a very perennially popular name in Scotland!). It doesn't actually have that many nick names compared to Robert for instance..

I wouldnt consider Jamie to be a nickname for James at all so I wouldn't see that as catching on as a nickname.
I know a couple of James and most are known as just James with only one being called Jim. Only his mother calls him James, to the rest of the world he is Jim!
Most nicknames that stick are given by family so if you don't like Jimmy then stamp that out early on, or given by friends at school, I don't think many kids would know Jimmy as a nickname for James these days so you should be ok.

We have known quite a few James’s over the years as friends of the dses, quite a few are actually known as Jamie or Jim. I’ve heard that sometimes Jem is short for James but I’ve only ever known that short for Jeremy.

Thank you all, I think hormones might be making me think a bit too deeply into this than needed, ha!
Our DS1 has a commonly used royal name, so calling DS2 Jamie wouldn't really fit - James would work well though.

@YellowColour middle name would be Edward

@YesItsMeIDontCare thank you for making me snort sprite out of my nose

I like Jamesie

The 3 older men I know who are called James are known as Jimmy.

I know one 11 year old James, who is always just James.

I know 2 Jamie’s, both are standalone Jamie’s.

I have a James, he's just James tbh, don't like any nn for it.
Someone tried Jimmy once and I think my face said it all so he's never been called that again

I know a James who was a Jamie, became "Jamie James" at school and is now James or.... Jamesie.

It's a lovely name. Think I would go with the classic James.

Most nicknames that stick are given by family so if you don't like Jimmy then stamp that out early on, or given by friends at school, I don't think many kids would know Jimmy as a nickname for James these days so you should be ok.

@ItsallBollocksanyway thank you!

Jamie is of course a form of James (as is Jimmy). I much prefer the latter, but both are very commonly used.

Or you could go for Jimbo