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Jim

boy name · English origin · 1 syllable

Meaning

pet form of James, traditionally 'supplanter'

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1930s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jim peaked in the 1930s.

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