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Jamie

OriginDiminutive of James
Meaning"supplanter"

About Jamie

Jamie is typical of the relaxed unisex names starting with J that seemed so cool in the sixties after decades of Jeans and Joans, though now pretty tepid. Jaime and even Jamey and Jayme are alternate spellings.

Pronounced JAY-mee.

As of October 2026, Jamie ranked #858 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #18 in 1976, Nameberry popularity #441.

Editor's take: The name Jamie is a girl's name of Hebrew, Scottish origin meaning "supplanter".

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Famous Jamies

  • Jamie Jilynn Chung

    American actress

  • Jamie Lee Curtis

    American actress

  • Jamie Grace (Harper)

    American Christian contemporary singer

  • Jamie

    Lynn Sigler, American actress

  • Jamie Lynn Marie Spears

    American actress and sister of singer Britney Spears

  • Jamie Anne (Brown) Allman

    American actress

  • Jamie Sue Weiss

    American makeup artist and sister of actor Michael T. Weiss

  • Jamie Brewer

    American actress

  • Jamie Christine Willis

    9th child (6th daughter) of the family band, The Willis Clan

Jamie in pop culture

  • Jamilah "Jamie" Towfeek

    character in "Ten Things I Hate About Me" by Randa Abdel,Fattah

  • Jamie Sullivan

    main character in book/movie "A Walk to Remember"

  • Jamie Moriarty

    character on TV's "Elementary"

  • Jamie Jolina

    character in "The Sims 3" computer game

  • Jamie Kelly

    main character in the book series Dear Dumb Diary by Jim Benton

  • Ja'mie (pronounced zhe

    may), character created by Australian comedian Chris Lilley, portrayed by him in "Ja'mie: Private School Girl", "Summer Heights High" & "We Can Be Heroes"

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