My grandfather was a James. He went by Pete.
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Thank you, Gaylord 🤣
William has it better. Will, Willy, Willis, Willie, Buddy, Bud, Bill, Billy, and Liam. Willa, Wilhemenia, Wilma, and Billie for the ladies.
I knew a Jimbo. Best friend for like half a decade. Dude def lived up to his name. Hope he's doing well.
Dunno. Greg sounds more nerdy than James.
Greg
Gregtech. - a highly sophisticated automation heavy mod for Minecraft
Jamie Fookin Lannister
And what of you got named Jim? I mean can they go back to James? Or are they going to stick with Jimmy and Jimbooo?
"Imagine if I had a name like Jimmy Recard" (Jimmy Recard from Drapht) is looping in my head now...
Same with Robert.
Do you remain Robert?
Become boring Bob?
Rob with one b or Robb with two?
If you're feeling whimsical, is it Robby or Robbie?
I had a friend with one brother named Bob and another Rob. Neither was named Robert.
Don't forget Bobby, Boberino, and the unsung classic Bert.
And if you're transitioning, you should probably avoid picking the name Margot
Funny enough, Margot is part of a family of names that's even bigger than James and Robert.
Margot, Marjorie, Marge, Greta, Rita, Megan, Maggie, Gretchen, Maisie, Molly, Peggy... The uniting feature is that all of these names are considered variants of "Margaret," and this isn't even a comprehensive list.
Margherita and Margarita are my fav. Both delicious.
Oh wow, that's something! I didn't see most of these coming!
Jimbo Jorker?
Actually, James is short for Jean Names
Elizabeth for girls.
Elizabeth, Eliza, Beth, Lizbeth, Liz, Lizzie, Lizard, Lisbian, Lisan Al Gaib, the options are endless.
Beth can be tricky because it can also be short for Bethany.
Coming out as lisbian
Proud of you!
The formal variant is Jame-o
Okay, how about you're Jimmer, you're Jimmy, and you're Jim Bob. So you all get to be some version of Jim and we don't got to be in, fuckin... Cats.
I'd go with the European Jimmy
Any Australians out there able to comment to tell us if Jim-o is a valid nickname?
Nope. We usually shorten the last name instead if it doesn't roll off the tongue easily. Or we name them after a beloved fictional character, eg. jimbob.
Yeah I've heard jim-o before but I wouldn't say it's super common, things either end in 'oh' or 'ie' to roll off the tongue nicely so jimmie is usually the norm.
It doesn’t matter if it’s valid or not aussies will turn anything into a nickname
This is insane, folks.
Just Jame, the singular
Jame Gumb the only one I ever heard of
Was she a great big fat person?
Jimothy on special occasions
Is that your king / baron name?
In the UK at least, 'Jay' is also commonly used for James. Not a bad choice. In addition, James Bond would like word about 'Nerdy' !
Knew a guy named James Jones. He went by Bob. For reasons.
that's a good reason to go by Jamie. Jamie Jones sounds nice.
What would a Gregg know about this
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