Jamesina as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jamesina

What is the meaning of the name Jamesina ?

The baby name Jamesina is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced JAY-mee-SEE-nuh.

Jamesina is English, Scottish in Origin.

Jamesina is the Scots-English feminine formation of James, built with the Latinizing suffix -ina (as in Thomasina and Georgina). James itself arrived in English via Old French James from Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Iacobus, ultimately from Hebrew Ya’aqov (Jacob). The underlying meaning is traditionally rendered “supplanter” or “one who follows at the heel,” recalling the biblical etymology.

The name occurs in Scottish parish and civil records from the late eighteenth through nineteenth centuries, often bestowed to honor a father or grandfather named James, and traveled with Scottish emigrant families to Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Spellings and close variants include Jamesena, Jamesine, and the rarer Jamesyna; related feminines from the same root are Jacobina and Jacomina, and cognate lines include Jacqueline. Common short forms are Jamie, Jem, Mina, and Sina. Today Jamesina is uncommon, prized for its distinctive vintage-Scottish character.

⚙ Jamesina is vanishingly rare. We count just 3 recorded uses of it worldwide, from 2 countries.