[name_m]Jim[/name_m]. Is it ‘too 50s’? Too nicknamey? Because I love it right now!
It’s not a standalone name to me, it’s definitely a nickname. I cannot imagine any person named simply “[name_m]Jim[/name_m].” It sounds very lazy to me…unfinished.
I know a little [name_u]James[/name_u] who goes by [name_m]Jimmie[/name_m]. I don’t care for [name_m]Jim[/name_m].
[name_m]Jim[/name_m] definitely sounds more like a nick name than a stand-alone name to me.
[name_m]Jim[/name_m] is definitely not too old. I love it as a nickname for [name_u]James[/name_u], but I think it also works as a stand-alone name. I also like the nickname [name_u]Jem[/name_u] for [name_u]James[/name_u].
I think it has a 1950s vibe, but I also think of [name_m]Jim[/name_m] [name_m]Morrison[/name_m] so it has a sexier side, it feels less pretentious than [name_u]Jem[/name_u] and more masculine to my ear. I think it works and feels unexpected.
[name_m]Jim[/name_m] is a wonderful classic strong name. It is my dad and grandfathers name. I think you can count on a [name_m]Jim[/name_m] or [name_u]James[/name_u]. You can always do a cool spelling like [name_m]Jaymes[/name_m].
I don’t think it’s too old, but it’s definitely just a nickname. I love the name [name_u]James[/name_u].
Cute. I prefer [name_u]Jem[/name_u] though.
I’ve literally never heard it as a nn for [name_u]James[/name_u] and don’t understand why Nameberry seems to think it’s an ‘inevitable’ nickname haha. Same with [name_m]Charles[/name_m]/[name_m]Chuck[/name_m] too - I guess it’s an American thing?
We’re seriously considering using [name_u]James[/name_u] after my husband’s grandfather and we really like [name_m]Jim[/name_m] or [name_m]Jimmy[/name_m] as a nickname. Really, how do make a popular name like [name_u]James[/name_u] unique? You use an old man nickname like [name_m]Jim[/name_m]!
I find [name_m]Jim[/name_m] refreshing.
It’s so not [name_u]Kendall[/name_u]-[name_m]Raiden[/name_m]-[name_m]Draven[/name_m]-[name_u]Peyton[/name_u]-[name_f]Lux[/name_f] like.
I know that’s a melange of female and male names, but they all sound like consumer products or bad character traits to me.
With [name_m]Jim[/name_m] and [name_m]Joe[/name_m] and [name_m]Frank[/name_m] and [name_m]Bob[/name_m] there is no confusion as to gender (at least in my world) and no pretension, no [name_u]Royce[/name_u] [name_u]Chauncey[/name_u] Cartsen III nonsense.
I am actually quite fond of [name_m]Jim[/name_m].
My dad’s name is [name_u]James[/name_u] and he goes by [name_m]Jim[/name_m]. And so does every other [name_u]James[/name_u] I know who is older than 30. So yes, to me it is outdated. And I think it is too nicknamey by itself. I do like [name_u]James[/name_u], and my favorite nicknames for it are [name_u]Jem[/name_u], [name_u]Jemmy[/name_u], & [name_u]Jamie[/name_u]. And I guess I like [name_u]Jamie[/name_u] well enough.
Yes, I think it’s an American thing. I only know one [name_u]James[/name_u] over 30 who goes by [name_u]James[/name_u]; the rest are all called [name_m]Jim[/name_m]. That said, I think [name_m]Jim[/name_m] on a baby boy would sound fresh again. I know a one-year-old [name_m]Jimmy[/name_m], and it’s really cute.
I wouldn’t use it as a stand-alone, though; it would definitely be a nn for [name_u]James[/name_u]. I know a man about 40 whose full first name is [name_m]Jimmie[/name_m], and it feels to me as though he was cheated out of a “real” name, or that his parents thought he would never grow up.
[name_m]Jim[/name_m] is my most favourite name ever but that’s bc it was the name of my incredible Grandfather. That said, his real name was [name_u]James[/name_u] as I’d always say use [name_u]James[/name_u] as the proper name. Personally, I’d always use [name_m]Jim[/name_m] though.