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Jamie
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jamie
English
Alternative forms
en Jaime Jaymey
Etymology
en James en ie<id:diminutive>.
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒeɪmi/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jamie.wav Southern England
en eɪmi 2
Proper noun
s
en unisex.
en male English and Scottish James, also used as a formal given name.
en 2006-10-18 w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/18/movies/18holl.html Hollywood Film Chain’s Latest Link David M. Halbfinger Primarily seen as a publicity vehicle for late-year releases, the awards show and its promoters have lately made pretensions to Oscar oracling: Jamie Foxx won the “breakthrough actor of the year” prize for “Ray” in 2004, after all, and Paul Haggis and his ensemble cast were honored for “Crash” four months before it won best picture. https://web.archive.org/web/20250120043815/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/18/movies/18holl.html 20 January 2025
en 2010 w:Alexander McCall Smith The Importance of Being Seven 112 Polygon 978-1-84697-145-7 "Let's choose something simple. Children with simple names are never embarrassed with them. How about Jamie?"Matthew looked doubtful. "Jamie's fine," he said. "But if he's called Jamie he's going to end up being a particular sort, if you know what I mean. He'll play rugby, he'll go to New Town bars after the international matches. Being called Jamie signs you up to an awful lot of Scottish upper-middle-class stuff."
en female Hebrew derived from James, of modern American usage.
en Jaime.
Derived terms
en Jamieson
See also
en James Jaime Jimmi Jimmie Jimmy Jim Jem Jemmy Jas Jaz Jazz
Anagrams
en aeijm Jaime Mejia