[name_m]Isaac[/name_m] is going to be the name of my son. [name_u]James[/name_u] is my favourite middle name and am only avoiding it because it has no meaning to us. [name_m]Isaac[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u], to me, is a strong and handsome name. It is perfect.
I would choose [name_m]Isaac[/name_m], hands down. [name_m]Even[/name_m] though it’d be a war between my husband and I over [name_m]Ike[/name_m] vs. [name_m]Zac[/name_m] (I’m on team [name_m]Ike[/name_m]!)
But my bias is that [name_u]James[/name_u] is not a part of my family and background without being rare enough to be interesting, honestly. I do like [name_m]Jim[/name_m] as a nickname, it’s handsome and manly, but not one I feel called to use. It is nicer than [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] but it’s still very whitebread. But that means it’s classic to a HUGE number of people, so you can’t go wrong if you love it.
I don’t see any appeal to [name_u]Jamie[/name_u] or [name_u]Jem[/name_u]. [name_m]Jimmy[/name_m] is fine for a little boy but I’d prefer [name_m]Johnny[/name_m]. [name_m]John[/name_m] is also less overused than [name_u]James[/name_u] at this point.
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m] I don’t want to see become more popular, so feel free to go with [name_u]James[/name_u]. 