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Conference oass::babynames

Title:A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy)
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Moderator:OASS::BURDEN_D
Created:Tue Feb 13 1996
Last Modified:Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:996
Total number of notes:7139

171.0. "Survey time......" by SSDEVO::HILLIGRASS () Tue Jan 05 1988 16:38

    When you hear the name Jamie, whichever way it is spelled do you
    think of a girl or a boy.  I like the name Jaime for a girl but
    everytime I mention the name someone says something like "Oh and
    what girls name do you have picked out?".
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171.1MTBLUE::SPRINGER_JANTue Jan 05 1988 17:255
    I have known a couple of both, boys and girls, and I don't think I
    have ever had trouble with either. I think it is pretty either way.
    As far as first thinking Boy or Girl I don't think I have ever just
    assumed "Oh a boy" if anything I would first think "Girl". I do
    like the spelling Jaime for a girl though.
171.2CSC32::SAUNDERSTue Jan 05 1988 18:443
    When I hear Jamie, I think of a boy first, but know someone named
    Jamie, and it does not seem to cause her any problems.
    
171.3SHRBIZ::KULPTue Jan 05 1988 19:054
    I think of a girl first.  It always sounded too cutsie for a boy
    although I've heard it many times.
    
    
171.4NEURON::GLASERWed Jan 06 1988 11:555
    
    I used to think of Jaime as a girl's name until the last couple
    of years severl people I know have named their boys that.  So 
    now when I hear it I think of a boy.  Personally, I'd use it as
    a girl's name rather than a boy's.  
171.5I think of a boyFRSBEE::GIUNTAWed Jan 06 1988 12:556
    I think of a boy, but that's because I have a cousin named James
    that we have always called Jamie.  By the way, he hates it, and
    wants to be called Jim, but it seems to be tough for those of us
    who have called him Jamie for the last 30 years to get used to that.
    
    Cathy
171.6I think of a girl firstPLANET::DALEYWed Jan 06 1988 14:254
     I always think of a girl first. I think Jamie for a ** LITTLE **
     boy is cute but might be hard for a man to carry-off as an 
     an adult - especially in a business environment. He might very
    well change it to James or Jim. 
171.73172::BOULEYFri Jan 29 1988 14:563
    	I think first of a girl's name.  I wouldn't be too concerned.
    	There are other names which can be used for both genders -
    	CHRIS, ROBIN, DANA,  to name a few.
171.8our son is JaimeRABBIT::HABERkudos to working mothers of toddlersMon Feb 22 1988 14:5915
    Well, we named our son Jaime, and the only major problem he's had so far
    [he's only 4!] is people misspelling his name, which gets him terribly
    upset.  We have had to correct people who insist on calling him
    James [even I find myself doing that sometimes] or Jimmy, but he's
    a very vocal little person and does a fine job of correcting people
    himself.  
    
    The baby was going to be Jaime no matter what it turned out to be,
    just with different middle names, of course.  Personally, I wasn't
    too keen on this spelling for a boy, but my husband prevailed [I
    got my way with our daughter!]  Funny though -- the male version
    is Spanish and the female version is French; I believe they both
    mean "I love you"
    
    sandy
171.9FemaleMSD36::STHILAIREHappiness is Springsteen tixWed Feb 24 1988 13:068
    Thanks to Jamie Lee Curtis, I think of a girl, and since she is
    possibly the most well-known person of that name, that might be
    the direction the name will take.  Also, there was a girl back in
    my high school with that name, and I can't remember ever knowing
    a boy named Jamie.
    
    Lorna
    
171.10JAIMEFOOZLE::MUNIZFri Sep 16 1988 17:353
    Well the name jaime in spanish is used for boys only!
    
    Lucy
171.11Another way to spell it ...SALEM::CORMIER_JMon Jul 24 1989 16:2516
    
    I realize it has been a long time since anyone has replied to this
    topic .. But since I am new to this notes file I figured I would
    add my $.02 worth ... 
    
    I am a male and I have grown up with the name Jammie ( this is not
    a typo ... I have been spelling this way all my life ) and was told
    it was the Scottish way of spelling it (That's what they tell me
    anyway) and when I had my son , people asked me if I was going to
    name him Jammie , I told them that I wouldn't do that to anyone
    
    I have grown to like the name ( though my proper name is James)
    It is still very easy to remember all the ribbing I took when I
    was younger ....
    
    Jammie