Is Jimi Hendrix spelled Jimi or Jimmy?

Answer 1

According To The 2000 Cable TV Biopic Hendrix, Which Featured Wood Harris As Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Originally Spelled His First Name "Jimmy", But Changed The Spelling Of His First Name To "Jimi" At The Request Of Manager /Producer Chas Chandler. I BEG TO DIFFER JUST A TAD BIT! JIMI"S REAL NAME IS JOHNNY ALLEN. HIS MOTHER GAVE BIRTH TO HIM AS HIS FATHER AL WAS AWAY IN THE SERVICE AND SO OUT OF RESPECT, LUCILLE, JIMI'S MOTHER NAMED JIMI JOHNNY ALLEN AFTER THE MAN SEE WAS NOW SEEING AT THE TIME OF JIMI'S BIRTH! NOW WHEN AL RETURNED HOME FROM THE SERVICE JOHNNY WAS DOWN WITH Family in thee Oakland California area and Al went down with A FULL HEAD OF STEAM TO PICK UP HIS SON THAT HE HAD NEVER MET! WELL JOHNNY GETS IN THE TRUCK WITH AL AND BASICALLY TELLS JOHNNY UR NAME AINT JOHNNY ANYMORE ITS JAMES MARSHALL! NOW JOHNNY NEVER DID EXCEPT OR LIKE THAT WHOLE CHAIN OF EVENTS AND REFUSED TO SAY HE WAS JAMES, JIM, JIMMY, OR ANYTHING. HE ACTUALLY GAVE HIM SELF THE NIC NAME BUSTER AFTER THE SUPERHERO BUSTER GRABE! NOW PERHAPS THE MANAGER DID MAKE SUM SUGGESTIONS IN SHORTENING HIS SPELLING OF JAMESOR JIMMY BUT THE NAME IN ANY FORM JOHNNY NEVER CARED FOR! I HAD TRHE PLEASURE IN MY CHILDHOOD, HIGH SCHOOL, AND YOUNG ADULT YEARS TO HAVE JIMI OR JOHNNYS OR BUSTERS FATHER AL AS A FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR AS WELL AS STILL TO THIS DAY HIS LITTLE BROTHER LEON, WHO INFORMED ME OF THE NIC NAME BUSTER, AND LEON AND HIS DAD NEVER CALLED JIMI ANYTHING BUT BUSTER FROM IM GUESSING THE TIME JIMI WAS ABOUT 11 OR 12. U CAN VERIFY ME AS HUMAN AND NOT A BOT BY GETTING NLINE OR GOING TO YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE AND CHECKING OUT MY BUDDYS BOOK TITLED "JIMI HENDRIX: A BROTHER'S STORY ---by LEON HENDRIX

Answer 2

I read/heard that Hendrix originally spelled his first name "Jimmy", but that he was convinced by his manager , Chas Chandler to change the spelling of his first name to "Jimi" for marketing reasons.

Answer 3

J-I-M-I