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It will sound to a lot of people like you just made up a smoosh name of Jamie and Mia. I know originally I did.
It seems made up to me. But it has a pretty sound.
I’d go ahead and discredit the “I love” meaning.
Jaimia’s a prettier alternative to [name]James[/name] than [name]Jamie[/name] but it’s not for me.
I’m guessing it’s either a form of [name]Jaime[/name] or [name]Jamie[/name]. They have very different etymologies, I wouldn’t say it could be a form of both. [name]Jaime[/name] is taken straight from the French word “j’aime” meaning, literally, “I like”. In French it’s said like ZHEM, but it’s obviously not said that way when it was taken and given as a name. I’m guessing someone took the “ia” ending and added it to [name]Jaime[/name], which wouldn’t be keeping to the French roots, and it’s not a natural transition to a new form of [name]Jaime[/name]. I googled it and it seems to be used well enough, but it seems pretty made-up to me, too. I like [name]Jamesina[/name] a lot more as a feminization of [name]James[/name]/[name]Jamie[/name]/[name]Jaime[/name].
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I think there’s a difference between an unusual name (I think [name]Eleni[/name] is an unusual name–it’s never ranked on the SSA list and I’ve never met one, but it’s still a legitimate name with a long history) and a made-up name (which, yes, it is very likely that it’ll be obscure, but it doesn’t have any history or depth to it). Personally, I could care less about popularity. As you can see by my signature. Popularity doesn’t matter to me. But I do care about legitimacy. I want a name to have history, and associations, and depth, and character. I want a name that’s existed for years upon years, a name that I can make connections to family, to my faith, to my favorite literary heroes (and writers), to my favorite historical figures. Sure, I can see the appeal in Jaimia, and it could be legitimate, but something that relates to my faith, my love of languages, my best friend, my love of history, my love of literature–a name like [name]Isabelle[/name]? Well, that’s something I’d really get behind. That’s why I have gotten behind [name]Isabelle[/name] so much.
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I think the “i love” thing is a bit overwrought in this case. The name just looks misspelled to me. I agree, it does have a pretty sound, so if you’re going to introduce this name to the naming lexicon (which I think is what you’re doing here, no offence) I’d pick a more intuitive spelling e.g. [name]Jamia[/name] or Jaymia
Like [name]Mia[/name] as the nn too.