Jimberly

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Originally going to be called Jim after my granddad, but we've found out we're having a girl. Would this work?

I agree. Jim being a version of James (which is derived from Jacob) would give OP a few additional opportunities:

Jackie, Jacqueline, Jamesina, Jacomina, Giacoma, Giacomina, Jacobine, Coba etc…

Some of these wouldn’t be my cup of tea but they are much better than Jimberley (in my personal opinion).

I agree. Middle name “Jay” might work as well.

Jimberly - Name Meaning — Is Your Name Helping You?

Your name, Jimberly, makes you clever, proficient, and analytical. You could be inventive along practical, mechanical lines. Your natural skepticism is overcome ...
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Jiminy would be quite nice for a girl.
@T1Dmama Jacqueline is the feminine of Jacques not Jack. Lots of male French names were given feminine versions like Paule (Paul), Alberte (Albert), Laurence (Laurent), Emmanuelle (Emmanuel) etc

Isn't Jiminy an American expression of shock, @LikeTalkingToLassie? Something akin to bloody hell, or OMG - she could end up with her name being used as a swear word.

I think the OP would be better using one of the feminine versions of James suggested here, like Jaime, and could shorten it to Jim if she wanted - and if it suited the child. We wanted to use Kit as a shortening for Christopher for one of our dses, but when he arrived, it just didn't suit him at all, so we had to abandon it, and now he is shortened to Chris.

The OP is naming a person, not a monument to a lost loved one, so first and foremost, the name needs to be right for the child - if that can be done with a name that honours the loved one too, all well and good, but the child should come first in the naming process.

Jiminy would be quite nice for a girl. Not if your surname is Cricket.

Jemima

@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius It's a boy's name, but this is MN so it could be unisex.
Norah is quite popular despite ''Bloody Norah!' and Betsy is used despite 'Hell to Betsy'.

Awful. Reminds me of an elephant.

Jimminy Cricket as in Pinnochio

Don’t use this name - agree with the first person it’s a funny name.

Soo how many pets are going to be called Jimberley in the near future 😂😂😂

But is your granddad's actual name Jim, or a nn for James?

I love James for a girl.

This is absolutely true - my late mother had an aunt called Robertina Colina.

Nigella is a flower, also called Love-in-a-mist.

Just no. It’s awful but that’s just my opinion. Sounds like a joke name.

I honestly thought it was made up!

Wow, that (almost) wins the thread! 😆

Can you explain why? If I'd been given a name that caused a lot of confusion - nobody able to pronounce it, or spell it, or leading people to assume I was the opposite sex, or from a different country or religion - I'd have been mightily pissed off and would have been looking to change it as soon as I legally could. I am not very patient, though.

Of course it’s made up!

It is a real name though! 😆

I wonder if the OP knew that when they created this thread??

Of course it isn’t. Any more than Bimberly. It’s just a made up variant of an actual name.

James is not a name for a girl. It would be like calling a girl Duncan or Peter.

Girls are called James too. Most commonly in the US but increasingly in the U.K.

@Hiddendoor

1 out of every 150 baby boys and 1 out of every 26,560 baby girls born in 2021 are named James.