Meaning & Origin
A male given name originating as a coinage.
Semaj is a boy's and girl's baby name of Unknown origin, a modern American coinage that spells James in reverse — a creative naming tradition in African-American communities of finding new names by reversing familiar ones. James itself means "supplanter" from the Hebrew.
Semaj represents the inventive American naming tradition of reversal names — Nevaeh (heaven backwards), Semaj (James backwards) — that create wholly original-sounding names from beloved existing ones. This practice celebrates creativity and the desire for a distinctive name with familiar roots.