Jamie
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Article ImagesJamie is a feminine given name. Traditionally a masculine name, it can be diminutive form of other names and is of Scottish Gaelic origin. It is also given as a name in its own right. Since the late 20th century it has been used as an occasional feminine name particularly in the United States.[3]
Pronunciation | JAY-mee, very rarely jay-MEE |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Scottish[1] |
Meaning | "She may/will/shall follow/heed/seize by the heel/watch/guard/protect", "Supplanter/Assailant", "May God protect" or "May she protect"[2] |
Region of origin | Scotland |
Other names | |
Related names | Jaime, Jaimie |
People
Female
- Jamie Anne Allman (born 1977), American actress
- Jamie Allard, American politician from Alaska
- Jamie Babbit (born 1970), American film and television director
- Jamie Belsito (born 1973), American politician
- Jamie Bernadette, American actress and occasional producer
- Jamie Bochert (born 1978), American fashion model and musician
- Jamie Brewer, American actress and model
- Jamie Broumas (born 1959), American jazz singer
- Jamie Chadwick (born 1998), British racing driver
- Jamie Chung (born 1983), American actress
- Jamie Clayton (born 1978), American actress and model
- Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958), American actress and author
- Jamie Dantzscher (born 1982), American artistic gymnast
- Jamie Finn (born 1998), Irish footballer
- Jamie Gauthier, American Democratic politician
- Jamie Ginn (born 1982), American beauty queen
- Jamie Gorelick (born 1950), American lawyer
- Jamie Grace (born 1991), American rapper, singer, and songwriter
- Jamie Greubel (born 1983), American bobsledder
- Jamie Hampton (born 1990), American tennis player
- Jamie Hayter (born 1995), English professional wrestler
- Jamie Herrell (born 1994), American-born Filipino beauty queen
- Jamie Hooyman (born 1963), American academic
- Jamie Howe (born 1984), American auto racing reporter
- Jamie Gray Hyder (born 1985), American actress and model
- Jamie-Lee Kriewitz (born 1998), German singer
- Jamie Kern Lima (born 1977), American entrepreneur
- Jamie Loeb (born 1995), American tennis player
- Jamie Luner (born 1971), American actress
- Jamie Marchi (born 1977), American voice actress
- Jamie Margolin (born 2001), American climate change activist
- Jamie McCourt (born 1953), American ambassador and attorney
- Jamie McDell (born 1992), New Zealand singer and songwriter
- Jamie McLeod-Skinner (born 1967), American attorney, engineer, and politician
- Jamie Ray Newman (born 1978), American actress
- Jamie O'Neal (born 1968), Australian country singer
- Jamie Rivera (born 1966), Filipino singer
- Jamie Rose (born 1959), American actress
- Jamie Peck (podcaster), American writer and podcaster
- Jamie Pineda (born 1988), American model, singer, and songwriter
- Jamie Salé (born 1977), Canadian figure skater
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born 1981), American actress
- Jamie Silverstein (born 1983), American figure skater and ice dancer
- Jamie Sinclair (born 1992), American-born Canadian curler
- Jamie Renée Smith (born 1987), American actress
- Jamie Lynn Spears (born 1991), American actress and singer
- Jamie Tisch (born 1968), American businesswoman and philanthropist
- Jamie Yeung (born 1997), Hong Kong competitive swimmer
Fictional characters
- Jamie, a supporting character of The Nut Job and The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature. She is the younger sister of Jimmy and Johnny.
- Jamie, a character in the Street Fighter video game franchise
- Jamie Jolina, a The Sims 3 character
- Jamie Lloyd, in the Halloween film series
- Jamie Powell, a character in the American sitcom television series Charles in Charge played by Nicole Eggert
- Jamie Sullivan, a character in the 2002 American coming-of-age romantic drama movie A Walk to Remember
- Jamie Tyler, an American boy with mind control powers from Anthony Horowitz' Power of Five series
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Jamie
- Jaime, Spanish/Portuguese variant
- Jaimee (disambiguation)
- Jaimie (disambiguation)
- Jamy (disambiguation)
- Jay (given name)
- Jayme, a given name and a surname
- Jaymee Joaquin (born 1984), Filipina actress
References
- ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Jamie". Behind the Name. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Jacob". Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Jamie". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2023-04-03.