Baby name

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Jimmie

/JIM · ee/


“Supplanter”

American variant of Jimmy, a diminutive of James; used as a standalone given name, particularly in the American South, from the late 19th century.

jim

gentle

How it ages.

Deeply Southern American in register - charming in context, dated broadly.

The cultural moment.

Common in the US South from the early-to-mid 20th century; now uncommon.