Jami

Jami: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “supplanter”
Origin: Hebrew
Say it: JAY-mee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls (96% of all uses)

Usually a variant of Jamie, itself a diminutive of James, ultimately from Hebrew Ya'aqov. This spelling is used in English-speaking contexts for both women and men.

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How popular is Jami?

20244.5 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Jami in 202415

Peak year1977

Total US babies since 188022,405

Jami is fading: recent use is about 51% of its level ten years before.

Names like Jami

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Jamiesupplanter · Hebrew
Jaymesupplanter · Spanish
Jameysupplanter · English
Jaimiesupplanter · Hebrew
Jammiesupplanter · Hebrew
Elizabethmy God is an oath · Hebrew
Elianamy God has answered · Hebrew
Abigailmy father is joy · Hebrew

Jami questions

What does the name Jami mean?

Jami means "supplanter". It comes from Hebrew. Usually a variant of Jamie, itself a diminutive of James, ultimately from Hebrew Ya'aqov. This spelling is used in English-speaking contexts for both women and men.

Is Jami a boy or girl name?

Jami is mainly a girl's name in US records (96% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jami?

15 US babies were named Jami in 2024. Its peak year was 1977.

How do you pronounce Jami?

Jami is usually pronounced JAY-mee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.