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Jamisen

Gender
Boy

Jamisen is a boys' name, meaning “son of Jamie”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Jamisen mean?

Spelling of Jamison

“son of Jamie”

A Scottish surname transferred from the given name.

Meaning borrowed from Jamison. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Jamisen a girl's or a boy's name?

Jamisen is a boys' name.

How popular is Jamisen in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.

Half of all the boys named Jamisen in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2003, 65% of the babies named Jamisen in the US were girls. By 2016 it was 44%, with more boys than girls since 2005.

1988Busiest: 29 in 20142022
Jamisen in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202211#7,256
202110#7,582
202016#5,447
201913#6,401
201818#5,102
201716#5,522
201620#4,775
201515#5,742
201429#3,615
201320#4,619
201217#5,250
201118#4,981
20109#8,133
200923#4,276
200821#4,537
200722#4,373
200626#3,780
200517#4,819
20049#7,530
200312#5,870
200211#6,081
200110#6,438
200010#6,309
19996#8,697
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19886#6,420

Names like Jamisen

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Jamisen

Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Jamisen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamisen, updated 20 October 2026.