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Jimberly

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Netruscan · 29/04/2024 11:15

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

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Whitewatergrafting · 29/04/2024 12:57

Hilarious 😂

LemonyFace · 29/04/2024 13:02

Jimboree?
😆😆

MrsMitford3 · 29/04/2024 13:03

This thread is wonderful.

I hope it is a wind up.

If not how about:
Jimentine
Jimoira -my new fav
Jimetta
Jimary
Jimarie
Jimichelle

Spirallingdownwards · 29/04/2024 13:04

Jimantonic

BlessedBeTheFruitCake · 29/04/2024 13:04

I prefer Jimmogene, Jimmy for short.

DramaAlpaca · 29/04/2024 13:07

@JassyRadlett we have someone in our family who goes by Jimothy as an affectionate nickname. I must remember to tell him he got off lightly, it could have been Jimberley Grin

FineWordsButterNoParsnips · 29/04/2024 13:11

Only if the middle name is Garybelle

LiterallyOnFire · 29/04/2024 13:11

We considered that but I think it's spelt : Jemima

Now you mention spellings, I believe Jimberley is spelt K-I-M-B-E-R-L-E-Y.

FeralNun · 29/04/2024 13:13

Vastlyoverrated · 29/04/2024 11:42

I mean it's an interesting question why we find Kimberly ok and Jimberly not ok, but I would stick with one of the pretty James derivatives suggested.

Good point. Jimberly made me laugh out loud, just not sure why..

Jujubeez · 29/04/2024 13:14

That's a tradegdeigh! 😜

Go with Jamie or a variant thereof.

Unopenedpackofmenssocks · 29/04/2024 13:15

To be fair people probably said similar about Nigella once upon a time!

LikeTalkingToLassie · 29/04/2024 13:17

Jimma
Jimely
Jimmi-May
Jimi-Rose
Jimi-Grace
Jimabelle

Bananadramallamas · 29/04/2024 13:17

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 29/04/2024 11:59

Uberina or Minicaba, then.

Just laughed loudly out loud in a shop queue. Staff staring at me in concern. 😅

SeanBeansMealDeal · 29/04/2024 13:17

JassyRadlett · 29/04/2024 12:55

Jimothy is our family joke name, because my eldest for a long time didn't associate it with James (despite having close family members called James) thought if Tim was short for Timothy then Jim must really be Jimothy.

I see now that it could easily have been Jimberley.

Same as, if Harry is short for Harold or Henry, and Larry is short for Laurence, does that mean that Barry is short for Barold, Benry or Baurence?!

I do remember on The Voice ages ago, Jessie J addressing Tom Jones as 'Tomothy'!

LikeTalkingToLassie · 29/04/2024 13:20

Unopenedpackofmenssocks · 29/04/2024 13:15

To be fair people probably said similar about Nigella once upon a time!

Nigella is from the flower/plant

MrsMoastyToasty · 29/04/2024 13:21

We were considering Hughetta....but it didn't go well with our surname which is All-da-Pies....

LakeTiticaca · 29/04/2024 13:28

My mum was a cleaner and cleaned for a lady called Jamesina. Never heard that name before or since, but its slightly more acceptable than Jimberley 😅
I think Jaime would be better for a girl

StarsHideYourFir3s · 29/04/2024 13:29

LikeTalkingToLassie · 29/04/2024 12:12

It's lovely @Netruscan , go for it.
Alternatives:
Jamesina
Jimi
Jimelda
Jimaya
Jimanuelle
Jimelia
Jimena

Jimanuelle has me wheezing

Unopenedpackofmenssocks · 29/04/2024 13:31

LikeTalkingToLassie · 29/04/2024 13:20

Nigella is from the flower/plant

Her Dad was called Nigel though, it’s clear why it was chosen and it was not as a culinary tribute. Her late sister was called Thomasina, other one is Horatia, family obvs liked feminised boys’ names.

Totorooooo · 29/04/2024 13:31

Loving this. How about:
Jimabella
Jimogen
Jimelda
Jimsin?

Or go Spanish:
María de la Jimaculada Concepción

Totorooooo · 29/04/2024 13:32

LiterallyOnFire · 29/04/2024 13:11

We considered that but I think it's spelt : Jemima

Now you mention spellings, I believe Jimberley is spelt K-I-M-B-E-R-L-E-Y.

😂

Unopenedpackofmenssocks · 29/04/2024 13:33

LakeTiticaca · 29/04/2024 13:28

My mum was a cleaner and cleaned for a lady called Jamesina. Never heard that name before or since, but its slightly more acceptable than Jimberley 😅
I think Jaime would be better for a girl

It was fairly common in Scotland a few generations back. The actress Anna Maxwell Martin found out about an ancestor called Jamesina on Who do You Think You Are?

I met a Kevina once.

TeabySea · 29/04/2024 13:33

Skiphopbump · 29/04/2024 11:17

How about Jimobel or Jimoline?

Sounds like a cleaning product

TheDogsAFloofyFool · 29/04/2024 13:34

Spirallingdownwards · 29/04/2024 12:21

This thread has made my day

Mine too!! 😆 Feeling really crap today, like I’m sickening for something…

this thread has made me laugh out loud!😆

Also, the dressing gown of doom is waiting to be worn …

CaraMiaMonCher · 29/04/2024 13:34

Holy shit, NO!