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Jamee
How to Pronounce Jamee
Pronounced JAY-mee /ΛdΚeΙͺ.mi/High
Meaning: Jamee is a feminine respelling of Jamie, the pet form of James, from Hebrew Ya'aqov (Jacob), traditionally 'supplanter' or 'holder of the heel'. The -ee ending marks it as a mid-century feminine styling.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Jamee is a respelling of Jamie, itself a Scottish pet form of James, from the Hebrew Ya'aqov, 'supplanter'. As Jamie crossed over into girls' use in the mid-twentieth century, parents fashioned distinctly feminine spellings; Jamee, with its doubled -ee, appears in United States records from the nineteen-forties and rose with that trend.
It reached its high point in 1985 and stayed in light use for decades. Jamee reads as a mid-to-late-century feminine spelling worn by women now in their late thirties and forties; the unisex Jamie endures, while this form is dated. Its records run into the twenty-twenties in small numbers.
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What does the name Jamee mean?
Jamee is a spelling of Jamie, a pet form of James, from Hebrew meaning 'supplanter'.
How do you pronounce Jamee?
It's said JAY-mee /ΛdΚeΙͺ.mi/ β two syllables, stress on the first, like Jamie.
Is Jamee a boy or girl name?
Jamee is used here as a girl's name, a feminine spelling of Jamie.
How popular is Jamee?
Jamee was an uncommon feminine spelling that crested in the mid-eighties and has been rare since; it has not revived.