Jamessa for a girl?

amandaloren · May 2010

Have you heard this name before? I think I know how to pronounce it but was wondering what yall thought. I was tying to find names that could pass as a female version of James. I was thinking this could maybe work for a middle name.

We were thinking of somehow using his brothers names for middle names (they passed away from a house fire when they were kids) There names were Scott and James. I like the name Scott for a middle name for a boy, which is why I was trying to come up with something for James...

KLResq · May 2010

I don't really care for it, but I think it's a nice idea to honor DH's brothers. Maybe you could use Scotti or Scottie (there was a post below where someone used/suggested that for a girl) and keep James for a boy?

krissyh21 · May 2010

How about Jamie?

sunnyday016 · May 2010

Not a fan of Jamessa at all. I'd go with Jamie or James Even though I'm not really a fan of boys names for girls, I think it's better than a made up name.

amandaloren · May 2010

krissyh21:
How about Jamie?

I do like Jamie, it just didn't flow very well with the first names that we like.

C12H22O11 · May 2010

Sounds made up.

amandaloren · May 2010

C12H22O11:

Sounds made up.

Thats what I thought when I saw it, but I found it in the baby names on here Huh?

blondie75 · May 2010

I've never heard of it, and am not a fan (sorry). I think if you want to honor James, Jamie might be a good option, maybe even Jemma (although I do prefer it spelled Gemma).

karen_loy · May 2010

sounds made up and I really don't like it, i'd go with jamie

klaus · May 2010

You could just name her James. Or, you could use James for her middle name. I have a friend who named her daughter Ella James where the middle name is after great-grandfather.

Helix07 · May 2010

Not a fan at all of the name. I think it is a great idea to honor his brothers but why not just go with James as a middle name for a girl. I actually know several girls with James as a middle name and I think it is adorable. Especially paired with a nice girly first name.

PunkyBooster · May 2010

I don't like it- but I had a friend in college whose name was Jamessina (like Thomasina but with James) and she went by Jamie.

amandaloren · May 2010

Thanks guys, after looking at it for a bit I agree lol I guess after seeing that it was a real name I figured it would be okay to consider cause it wasn't made up. We obviously have plenty of time to think of other stuff Big Smile

And Ketch · May 2010

I believe Jemima and Jemma are sometimes used as female forms of James. I'd also consider Jane, or Jamie as others have said.

braveangel2 · May 2010

klaus:
Or, you could use James for her middle name. I have a friend who named her daughter Ella James where the middle name is after great-grandfather.

This! My friend is has James for her middle name, and it flows nicely. I always thought she was cool just based on that. Smile

ETA: I just did a google search for Jamessa, and the first two things to come up were MySpace profiles. I don't think that's promising.

Mrs.Deputy · May 2010

I have a friend named Mary Scott. She goes by the double name. I'm not normally a fan of boy names for girls, but I think it's just precious in this case. You could do something like that for James as well. Just a thought.

sld361 · May 2010

I like the suggestion above of going with the name Jemma.. it's better than Jamessa IMO. Or you could go with James or Jemma as a middle name.

My grandma's name is Jessima, that's kind of similar. I thought that's what you originally titled this post when I glanced at it.

steff13914 · May 2010

KLResq:
I don't really care for it, but I think it's a nice idea to honor DH's brothers. Maybe you could use Scotti or Scottie (there was a post below where someone used/suggested that for a girl) and keep James for a boy?

This! Or What about Jemma? Kinda the same as James??

mandarod · May 2010

I actually like James as a mn for a girl.

epona3 · May 2010

Honestly, Jamessa is not good....

I went to school with a girl named Jama (pronounced Jay-ma), and sometimes ppl called her "James" as a nn. She was very popular and pretty - maybe that woud be a good variation?

rorygirl218 · May 2010

I like your idea to honor your family but Jamessa is nms

zoe_cat · May 2010

epona3:
Honestly, Jamessa is not good....

I went to school with a girl named Jama (pronounced Jay-ma), and sometimes ppl called her "James" as a nn. She was very popular and pretty - maybe that woud be a good variation?

I like the name Jayma. Jayma Mays is an actress on Glee.

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