A nickname for James

[hulahoopqueen]

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?

My James has many nicknames. J, JG, Jamie, Jim, Jimbo. Plus all the other ones, most of which have nothing to do with his actual name. He just attracts nicknames 😂

A friend of mine is a James but everyone knows his as Jamie has always been his nickname and has stuck.

I have a Jamie, his friends call him Jay, his sisters call him Jamiekins.

we have 2 family members named James. the old one is Jim, the young one is Jamie.
I've met quite a few Jamies under 30, all the Jims are 70+. Have never met a young Jim, it's probably due a revival!

I knew a James. Went by Jamie as in jam on toast with ee..

Thanks everyone :) feel much better now!

The children and young adults I know are James or Jamie. Older adults tend to be Jim.

I have a Jamie and he's nicknamed Jim, Jimmy, JimBob, Jammy, Jimmer, Jammer, JimJam.... I could go on 😆 All those would work with 'James' too.

I have one too and he gets Jamesie, Jimbobs, Jimjam, Jam sandwich, Jay etc etc etc depending on who is talking to him. Never Jamie or Jim!
The only Jem I've known was short for Jeremy.

My Close relative is a James. As a young child he was always Jamie or James. As a teen it became Jim by his close friends. Some of us particularly close to him used to call him jimbo in a affectionate humorous way. He was/is never a Jimmy. Just make sure you say to schools and teachers he is not Jimmy and never call him that and it’ll be fine.

Hamish is a popular nickname for James in Scotland.

@Carrotsoupispoo

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

I do this and mine is 17 🤦🏻‍♀️

I think Jamie is a much more popular nickname for James than Jimmy, not sure why some people have been so confused by it!

There’s also Jay or he could just be James. I live somewhere where almost every name gets shortened, often to only the first syllable, but still know several who are just James

The only James' I know that aren't called James are known as Jimmy. The rest are all just James.

Jamie is a nickname for James, but is also a name in it's own right.
I like just James, though.

My step son is 5.5 and is Jimmy in a jokey way but we live in Scotland so might have something to do with it. He is very much James 98% of the time

My husband is James. His mum calls him Jamesy sometimes. It's cute!
His only other nickname is Jimbob. Or twatface by me. 😬 Not sure you'll want that as a nickname!

We have a James in the family (not immediate) and he is known as Seamus and his son is Seamie. Shay could also be used.

Jim

Know lots of Jamie's and James.

Jamie's are both male and female.

Some James always called James, some called Jamie and I only know one who gets called Jim.

Use Jamie or James whichever you prefer.

All of the James’ I know are known as James in most situations. Occasionally shortened to Jay or Jamie in conversation but not commonly.

We have a James who is insistent upon being called by his proper name of James out of the house and at school, but in his softer moments will allow me and his dad to push it as far as Jimbo, Jamesie Bon-Bon and even on occasion Jimbelina. Never Jamie or Jay, he'll have none of that.

My 16 week old is a James and he won't be anything other than James if I have my way 🤣 he has a great great Uncle Jimmy though

@Hellocatshome

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

Eh? Of course Jamie is a nickname for James

If you absolutely love James, why would you call him something else?