BabyNameScore

Jamison

Jamison feels distinctive without creating everyday friction in daily use.

89/100

Strong Practical Fit

Balanced across pronunciation, everyday use, lifetime fit and international use.

Name Profile

  1. Pronunciation & Spelling

    Effortless

    91/100

  2. Everyday Use

    Low risk

    95/100

  3. Growing Up

    Strong lifetime fit

    Works comfortably across child and adult settings.

    82/100

  4. International Use

    Broad international fit

    Works cleanly across the assessed languages and writing systems.

    85/100

NAME DETAILS

CLOSE SPELLINGS
Jameson
Jamieson
Jimmison
ORIGIN & HISTORY

About the name

Jamison began as an English, Scottish, and Ulster-Scots patronymic surname meaning "son of James," later crossing into use as a given name in the 19th-20th centuries. Its ultimate root traces through James to the Hebrew Yaakov (Jacob). The "son of James" surname meaning is well documented; the further claim that "Yaakov" specifically means "at the heel"/"supplanter" is a widely repeated but not independently re-verified gloss.

  1. James (patronymic root); Jacobus (Latin); Yaakov (Hebrew). Son of James; by extension inherits the meaning of James, traditionally traced to Hebrew Yaakov (Jacob), often glossed as "supplanter" or "holder of the heel". Jamison transitioned from a surname into a first name during the 19th and early 20th centuries, part of a broader trend of using family surnames (often maternal) as given names.
  2. Mythological and religious contextThe ultimate root, James, derives from the Hebrew Yaakov (Jacob), a patriarch figure in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.
POPULARITY

Jamison over time

United States
#786RANK

Rank #786 gives national context, not a classroom forecast.

Uncommon in current U.S. usage. Ranked #786 in the U.S., 2025.

SourceU.S. Social Security Administration · 2025 release

Pronunciation & Forms

CLOSE SPELLINGS
  • Jameson
  • Jamieson
  • Jimmison

Cultural Footprint

TRACEABLE ORIGIN
  1. Antawn Jamisonbasketball player
  2. Kay Redfield Jamisonpsychologist
  3. Thomas JamisonFirst Fleet naval surgeon

Names around it

JamesJamesonJacob
EDITORIAL SYNTHESIS

The Decision

Jamison is spelled without unusual letter patterns, and it holds up in everyday use. Surname-dependent compatibility remains unassessed until a surname is added.

STRENGTH

English speakers will most likely pronounce it correctly on the first try. Uses standard characters that systems widely handle cleanly.

BEST FIT

Everyday Use is the strongest-scoring part of this name — no obvious nickname traps, rhymes, or initial issues detected.

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