Meaning of the nameJamison

Male
English origin
Ja-mi-son

Jamison is a masculine name of English origin, formerly a Scottish surname, meaning 'son of Jamie' or, in Behind the Name's reading, 'son of James'.

Meaning

“son of Jamie (or of James)”

Source: Wiktionary: Jamison · Behind the Name: Jamison

People (2022): 1,962
Rank in Brazil: #5,181
Median age: 28 years
2010 Census: 2,558; people

Jamison in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jamison, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (632 people).

0 women 1,949 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Jamison is most common

States with the highest share of people named Jamison in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Sergipe 0.010%
Alagoas 0.004%
Pará 0.004%
Amazonas 0.003%
Pernambuco 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
Pará	289	0.004%
Bahia	250	0.002%
Sergipe	219	0.010%
São Paulo	175	0.000%
Pernambuco	170	0.002%
Amazonas	129	0.003%
Alagoas	120	0.004%
Maranhão	109	0.002%
Ceará	81	0.001%
Minas Gerais	56	0.000%
Rio de Janeiro	46	0.000%
Goiás	39	0.001%
Santa Catarina	38	0.001%
Paraíba	28	0.001%
Piauí	24	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	21	0.001%
Mato Grosso	20	0.001%
Distrito Federal	20	0.001%
Rondônia	20	0.001%
Paraná	18	0.000%
Amapá	17	0.002%
Tocantins	15	0.001%
Acre	15	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Jamison

In English, Jamison is a Scottish surname that came to be used as a masculine given name; Wiktionary explains it as 'son of Jamie' and Behind the Name as 'son of James'. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes the ending -son as a patronymic formative from English, 'son of', present in many Brazilian names. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,962 people named Jamison, with a median age of 28. Proportionally, Jamison is most common in Sergipe.

It is the most common spelling in the group, with a single s, the same as the English form.

Other spellings of Jamison

Spelling	People (2022)
Jamison	1,962
Jamisson	1,511

Sources

Wiktionary: Jamison · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Jamison · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Jamison

What does the name Jamison mean?

Jamison means “son of Jamie (or of James)”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Jamison in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,962 people with the first name Jamison, which ranks it number 5,181 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Jamison is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,949 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Jamison?

Jamison is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jamison most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.010% of the state's population is named Jamison (219 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jamison?

Jamisson. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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