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You're thinking of Jane Fonda
In Casino Royale (the real one from 1967) they actually do that. They call every agent, male and female, James Bond to confuse the enemy.
Her name could be Jaymes Bond. And there is no reason a girl cannot be called James. Nikita is female in most of the world, except Russia. Carrol is a man's name, and Carol is a woman's name. Tony can be a man or a woman. Names only have genders because we assign them that trait. If all the guys you ever knew in your life were called "Sophia", it would be weird for a girl to take that name. A name is just a name, no matter how weird, unique or cool it is, it's just a name.
But James Bond is supposed to be a bland forgettable name since Jaymes is an uncommon name for a woman it would be much more rememberable
Michael Burnham
Jayne Cobb
Willow Ulfgood
Elton John, then still not fully out of the closet, made good use of that, writing a love song titled Nikita, though having the love interest in the video be a blonde woman in a fur hat (presumably to appease the record company).
Well in NTTD, the number 007 was assigned to the Lashana Lynch character named Nomi so "James Bond" is probably not a code name. Otherwise 008 would be "Alex Trevelyan", etc.
Easier to reassign the designation number.
Jane S'Bond
In one story I read, all holders of the 007 designation were automatically called Bond, but idr if their first name became James. It definitely included women either way.
Added: I checked and she used Jean Bond while working as 007. I'm guessing that all the female 007's did that but I'm not sure. That story is pretty nuts tbh.
Once there was a Mrs. Bond...
this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2025
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