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Jamacia
How to Pronounce Jamacia
Pronounced juh-MAY-shuh /dʒəˈmeɪʃə/Medium
Meaning: Jamacia is a respelling of Jamaica, the Caribbean island, used as a given name. The island's name comes from the Taino Xaymaca, understood as 'land of wood and water' or 'land of springs.' As a first name it is a place-name honoring heritage or a loved destination, with the letters lightly rearranged.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Jamacia is a respelling of Jamaica given as a first name. The island's name descends from the Taino Xaymaca, 'land of wood and water,' and as a given name it belongs to the tradition of place-names chosen to honor heritage, ancestry, or a meaningful place. The spelling simply swaps a couple of letters from Jamaica.
As a birth name Jamacia was always rare, given to only about fourteen girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties and to barely more than a hundred in total. A girl named Jamacia then is in her early thirties now, part of a small vogue for place-names like Asia and India in that era.
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What does the name Jamacia mean?
It is a respelling of Jamaica, the Caribbean island, whose name comes from the Taino Xaymaca, 'land of wood and water.'
How do you pronounce Jamacia?
It is said juh-MAY-shuh /dʒəˈmeɪʃə/ - three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Jamacia a boy or girl name?
Jamacia is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Jamacia?
It was always rare, with a small peak in the early nineteen-nineties among place-names of the era.