MEANING & HISTORY
What does Jimbo mean?
Jimbo is a familiar form of James documented in English, with Cebuano recording borrowing from English. The immediate short-name formation is clearer than a new meaning invented from Jim and an English word spelled bo.
James belongs historically to the Jacob family, but that older root is inherited context rather than a separate meaning of the ending. Jimbo can stand as a complete personal name. Its familiar character does not require replacing it with James in a record or assuming it is used only during childhood.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Jimbo.
a male given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
A diminutive of the male given name James.
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People with the name Jimbo
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jimbo Aquino
Filipino basketball player
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Jimbo Aquino
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Jimbo in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Jimbo
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Bimbo·As an Italian word: child, with an affectionate use
- Jimboy♂Jim plus boy; familiar form of James
- Ambo♂Tagalog familiar form of Pablo
- Jim♂Familiar form of James
- Jimi♂Variant of Jimmy, a diminutive of James
- Jimmy♂Familiar form of Jim, from James
- Jiro♂Japanese Jirō; 二郎 combines two and son
- Jirō♂Two + son in the Japanese 二郎 spelling
What rhymes with Jimbo?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Jimbo further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q136523707 — Jimbo (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Jimbo Aquino (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q136523707 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jimbo (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jimbo (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.