Jamye
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAY-mee
- Origin
- Hebrew
Jamye is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jamye mean?
Hebrew: respelling of Jamie, a Scots pet form of James
“supplanter”
A respelling of Jamie, a Scots pet form of James, which comes from the Hebrew name Jacob.
Is Jamye a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamye is a girls' name.
How popular is Jamye in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1976, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the girls named Jamye in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jamye in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,002 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,724 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 39 | #2,174 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,208 |
| 1969 | 22 | #2,843 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,094 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,868 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,861 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
Names like Jamye
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer, Jamie, Farah, Danielle, Michelle, Sarah, Rachel, Jessica, Janelle, Farrah, Julie, Shayla
Names related to Jamye
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Jamye: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamye, updated 20 October 2026.