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Jimmie

Jimmie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“supplanter”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
JIM-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (83% of all uses)

Diminutive spelling of Jimmy, itself from James. James ultimately comes from Hebrew Ya'aqov via Greek and Latin.

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How popular is Jimmie?

202410.2 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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.

Babies named Jimmie in 202434

2024 rank#3,383 boys

Peak year1934

Total US babies since 1880135,228

Jimmie is fading: recent use is about 61% of its level ten years before.

Names like Jimmie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jimmysupplanter · English
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew

Jimmie questions

What does the name Jimmie mean?

Jimmie means "supplanter". It comes from Hebrew. Diminutive spelling of Jimmy, itself from James. James ultimately comes from Hebrew Ya'aqov via Greek and Latin.

Is Jimmie a boy or girl name?

Jimmie is mainly a boy's name in US records (83% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jimmie?

34 US babies were named Jimmie in 2024. Its peak year was 1934.

How do you pronounce Jimmie?

Jimmie is usually pronounced JIM-ee.

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.