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Jim ✓ sourced (B)

Traced to a written source — see below.

Mechanism: phonetic · Regions: US, AU

What it stands for

→ Dimitrios (Δημήτριος), whose name day you can subscribe to.

Documented diaspora substitution (Dimitrios→Jim, via Dimitri→Jimmy, Nicholas 2017).
Source: Nick Nicholas — Kostas→Gus anglicisation analysis (expert blog) (B)

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