Baby name
CLASSIC
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Jamie
/JAY · mee/
Meaning
“Supplanter”
Scottish and English short form of James, from Hebrew Ya'akov meaning 'supplanter'; famously gender-neutral - used for both boys and girls across the English-speaking world.
Nicknames
jay
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Genuinely timeless as a gender-neutral name - never peaks too high, never disappears.
The cultural moment.
Consistent in the UK, Ireland, and the US across many decades.