a name that i love but cannot use is ~ james (i have a relative named jay, and i think it’s too similar).
what are some boys’ names that have a similar vibe to james?
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Similar to [name_u]James[/name_u]:
[name_u]Beau[/name_u]
[name_u]Chase[/name_u]
[name_m]Frank[/name_m]
[name_u]Gray[/name_u]
[name_u]Hayes[/name_u]
[name_u]Jack[/name_u]
[name_u]Jett[/name_u]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_u]Layne[/name_u]
[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_u]Max[/name_u]
[name_u]Miles[/name_u]
[name_m]Nash[/name_m]
[name_u]Neil[/name_u]
[name_m]Russ[/name_m]
maybe:
george
thomas
louis
luke
theodore
calvin / callum
leo / leon
elliott
alexander
cameron
finn
heath
joel
jude
kieran
max
beck
oliver
rhys
rory
ben / benjamin
simon
william / will / liam
By sound or shared letters:
[name_u]Ames[/name_u]
[name_m]Eames[/name_m]
[name_u]Thames[/name_u]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m] or [name_m]Damon[/name_m]
[name_m]Jabez[/name_m]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m] or [name_m]Graeme[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamilton[/name_m]
[name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_m]Ishmael[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeremy[/name_m]
[name_u]Benjamin[/name_u]
[name_m]Ramses[/name_m]
[name_u]Cameron[/name_u]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
Variations of [name_u]James[/name_u]:
[name_m]Jacques[/name_m]
[name_m]Iago[/name_m]
[name_u]Jacoby[/name_u]
[name_m]Seamus[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamish[/name_m]
[name_m]Archie[/name_m]
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_m]Ben[/name_m]
[name_u]Benjamin[/name_u]
[name_u]Bryce[/name_u]
[name_u]Cameron[/name_u]
[name_u]Christian[/name_u]
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m]
[name_m]Clark[/name_m]
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u]
[name_u]David[/name_u]
[name_u]Eli[/name_u]
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u]
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_u]Finley[/name_u]
[name_u]Harper[/name_u]
[name_m]Ian[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m]
[name_m]Jake[/name_m]
[name_m]Jim[/name_m]
[name_u]Joe[/name_u]
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m]
[name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
[name_u]Keller[/name_u]
[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_u]Lyle[/name_u]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_u]Nick[/name_u]
[name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Ollie[/name_u]
[name_u]Ryan[/name_u]
[name_u]Scott[/name_u]
[name_u]Sean[/name_u]
[name_u]Seth[/name_u]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Tripp[/name_m]
[name_u]Walter[/name_u]
[name_u]Will[/name_u]
[name_u]William[/name_u]
[name_u]Wyatt[/name_u]
[name_m]Zach[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachary[/name_m]
[name_u]Henry[/name_u] 
Similar to [name_u]James[/name_u] in vibe:
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_u]William[/name_u]
[name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_u]Benjamin[/name_u]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u]
[name_u]David[/name_u]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
Charlie/Charlie
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_u]John[/name_u]
[name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
[name_u]Harry[/name_u]
[name_u]Dean[/name_u]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]
[name_u]Timothy[/name_u]
[name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m]
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I first have three questions.
- [name_u]Will[/name_u] your child have the same surname as [name_u]Jay[/name_u]?
- Is [name_u]Jay[/name_u] still alive?
- Is it acceptable in your culture to name your child after a living person? I know that in some cultures it is very common to name a child after a living person while in some other cultures it is only acceptable to name a child after a deceased person.
If the answers are:
Q2. Yes
Q3. No
Then you are right that [name_u]James[/name_u] is unacceptable.
If the answers are:
Q1. Yes
Q2. No
[name_u]Or[/name_u]
Q1. Yes
Q2. Yes
Q3. Yes
I would recommend giving your child a very different middle name from Jay’s if you do name him [name_u]James[/name_u].
If the answer is:
Q1. No
Q2. No
[name_u]Or[/name_u]
Q1. No
Q2. Yes
Q3. Yes
Then it is fine to name your child [name_u]James[/name_u]. You would actually be honoring [name_u]Jay[/name_u]!
By the way, [name_f]My[/name_f] first name, [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], is an honor to my maternal grandfather, [name_u]Charles[/name_u], and my middle name, [name_f]Edith[/name_f], is an honor to two of my great-great-grandmothers. All three had different surnames from me and all three died before I was born. I come from a culture where it is only acceptable to name a child after someone if that person is deceased.
[name_u]John[/name_u]
[name_u]William[/name_u]
[name_u]David[/name_u]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_u]Charles[/name_u]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
Personally I consider [name_u]Jay[/name_u] and [name_u]James[/name_u] completely different vibes so even though they start with the same sound it doesn’t really occur to me that they’re similar…so I would encourage you that [name_u]James[/name_u] could still be an option for you but….
[name_m]Seamus[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamish[/name_m]
[name_u]Thames[/name_u]
[name_u]Liam[/name_u]
[name_u]Miles[/name_u]
[name_u]Rhodes[/name_u]
[name_u]Rosen[/name_u]
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_u]Ames[/name_u]
[name_u]William[/name_u]
[name_u]Robert[/name_u]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m]
[name_u]Jacoby[/name_u]
[name_u]Jack[/name_u]
[name_u]Jan[/name_u]
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]
[name_u]John[/name_u]
[name_m]Ewan[/name_m]
Timeas
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Niels[/name_m]
[name_m]Nils[/name_m]
[name_u]Miles[/name_u]
Maybe you could use [name_u]James[/name_u] as a mn? I also love [name_u]James[/name_u], so handsome! 
I agree with a previous poster that [name_u]James[/name_u] and [name_u]Jay[/name_u] have very different vibes.
I also love these classics:
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m]
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m]
[name_u]Edward[/name_u]
[name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
Etc
Similar to [name_u]James[/name_u]:
[name_f]My[/name_f] favourite is probably [name_m]Jim[/name_m], very Western handsome. I think of cowboys, the tv show [name_u]Dallas[/name_u] and Yellowstone 
I also like [name_m]Jakob[/name_m] (more Scandinavian prononciation), but not [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] 