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James (girl)

What does James mean?

James Pronunciation of James as a name for girls (also used more widely as boys' name James) is of Spanish origin. James is an alternate spelling of Jaime (Spanish). See also Jacqueline, Jamesina, Jamie

STARTS WITH Ja-

Variations

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA JAIME Jamee, Jamey, Jamie, Jayme, Jaymee

MASCULINE FORMS Diego, Giacomo, Hamish, Iago, Jacques, Jago, Jaime, Jamie, Jascha, Jem, Jim, Kimo, Santiago, Seamus, Shamus

CREATIVE FORMS
(female) Jemes, ..

(male) Jave, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
James Alessia (J.A.), ..

How popular is James?

James is a very popular first name for females (#875 out of 4276, Top 20%) and also a very popular surname for both adults and children (#80 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

James reached its peak rank of #379 in the U.S. in the 1920s, but is not listed currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of James name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of James outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Jacqueline (#339 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Jaime, Jamee, Jamey, Jamie (#614), Jayme and Jaymee are the prominent varying forms of James listed in the Top 2000. Adoption of these forms of James reached its most widespread in the 1980s (MEDIAN #856) and is now much lower (#1619, 92% LESS USAGE).



Top 2000 baby names ranking of James, Jacqueline, Jaime, Jamee, Jamey in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Jamie, Jayme, Jaymee in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Jamie outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Jacee, Jacey, Jade, Jadee, Jaden, Jae, Jael, Jaime, Jaimee, Jaimey, Jalea, Jama, Jamee, Jamei, Jameka, Jamela, Jamese, Jamesha, Jamey, Jami, Jamia, Jamie, Jances, Jane, Janea, Janee, Janel, Janess, Janet, Janey, Janis, Jas, Jaye, Jayel, Jayme and Jaymee. These names tend to be less frequently used than James.


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