Jemima
given name · Portuguese · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jemima is a given name, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. It appears chiefly in Portuguese and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: A classic biblical name of Hebrew origin, Jemima means "dove," a symbol of peace and hope.
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 977◐
- AUAustralia1 in 1.4K
- ESSpain1 in 1.6K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈52K ●
- 6 ●
- Sources
- 330 ●
- 1 in 1.6K ◐
across 8 countries
recorded for this name
426K records
Official registry-verified
Spain
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Gemma in GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines, AU Australia and 13 more, Jema in IN India, TZ Tanzania, GE Georgia and Jama in EC Ecuador.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
A classic biblical name of Hebrew origin, Jemima means "dove," a symbol of peace and hope. Jemima was the eldest daughter of Job, celebrated in the Bible with her sisters as the most beautiful women in the land and as recipients of an inheritance, representing blessing, beauty, and grace.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | #169 | 211,561 | 139K rec. | — | 4 | Gemma | 252 |
| PH Philippines | #244 | 82,872 | 73K rec. | — | — | Gemma | 115 |
| AU Australia | #254 | 82,595 | 57K rec. | — | 90 | Gemma | 226 |
| IN India | — | 35,316 | 33K rec. | — | 878 | Jema | 39 |
| ES Spain | — | 30,784△ | 14K rec. | 1 in 1.6K | 31K | Gemma | 154 |
| US United States | — | 18,991 | 76K rec. | 1 in 18K | 19K | Gemma | 330 |
| CA Canada | — | 6,763 | 2.9K rec. | — | 19 | Gemma | 124 |
| IE Ireland | #244 | 3,859 | 1.6K rec. | — | 13 | Gemma | 100 |
| AR Argentina | — | 3,656 | 2.1K rec. | — | 399 | Jemima | 33 |
| MX Mexico | — | 3,087 | 2.5K rec. | — | 67 | Jemima | 56 |
| PE Peru | — | 2,948 | 2K rec. | — | — | Jemima | 32 |
| IT Italy | — | 2,542 | 2.7K rec. | — | 142 | Gemma | 104 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Portuguese27K31%
- English22K26%
- Spanish15K18%
- Swahili8.8K10%
- French2.6K3%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Portuguese | 26,528 | 31% |
| English | 22,015 | 26% |
| Spanish | 15,227 | 18% |
| Swahili | 8,786 | 10% |
| French | 2,576 | 3% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Jemima is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The Hebrew name Jemimah (יְמִימָה) is most commonly understood to mean "dove". Some scholars also suggest alternative meanings, such as "daylight" or "bright as the day," derived from the Hebrew word 'yom' (day).
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Biblical name (meaning ‘dove’ or ‘bright as day’ in Hebrew}, borne by the eldest of the daughters of Job, born to him towards the end of his life when his prosperity had been restored (Job 42:14). The name is recorded from the early 1700s in England, and became common in the first part of the r9th century. It has continued steadily in modern use since then.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, Hebrew name meaning "dove"
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In German, aus der Bibel übernommener weibl.
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Yoruba, It means God is with us
as a wordYorubaName Dictionary (CC0, tone-marked Yoruba names with meaning/etymology)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 5 |
| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 6 |
| 1884 | 9 |
| 1885 | 10 |
| 1887 | 9 |
| 1888 | 6 |
| 1889 | 5 |
| 1890 | 6 |
| 1891 | 10 |
| 1892 | 5 |
| 1893 | 13 |
| 1895 | 8 |
| 1896 | 5 |
| 1897 | 11 |
| 1898 | 5 |
| 1900 | 11 |
| 1901 | 6 |
| 1902 | 6 |
| 1903 | 5 |
| 1905 | 6 |
| 1908 | 8 |
| 1909 | 8 |
| 1910 | 6 |
| 1911 | 5 |
| 1912 | 8 |
| 1913 | 6 |
| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 12 |
| 1916 | 16 |
| 1917 | 18 |
| 1918 | 14 |
| 1919 | 7 |
| 1920 | 8 |
| 1921 | 8 |
| 1922 | 8 |
| 1923 | 7 |
| 1924 | 10 |
| 1925 | 8 |
| 1926 | 6 |
| 1927 | 7 |
| 1928 | 7 |
| 1929 | 7 |
| 1932 | 8 |
| 1935 | 8 |
| 1938 | 8 |
| 1941 | 6 |
| 1949 | 5 |
| 1966 | 5 |
| 1967 | 6 |
| 1969 | 5 |
| 1970 | 6 |
| 1972 | 8 |
| 1973 | 5 |
| 1974 | 15 |
| 1975 | 13 |
| 1976 | 6 |
| 1977 | 13 |
| 1978 | 9 |
| 1979 | 11 |
| 1980 | 7 |
| 1981 | 10 |
| 1982 | 12 |
| 1983 | 10 |
| 1984 | 11 |
| 1985 | 11 |
| 1986 | 12 |
| 1987 | 9 |
| 1988 | 17 |
| 1989 | 14 |
| 1990 | 13 |
| 1991 | 17 |
| 1992 | 11 |
| 1993 | 16 |
| 1994 | 12 |
| 1995 | 18 |
| 1996 | 29 |
| 1997 | 14 |
| 1998 | 17 |
| 1999 | 29 |
| 2000 | 26 |
| 2001 | 24 |
| 2002 | 24 |
| 2003 | 34 |
| 2004 | 32 |
| 2005 | 30 |
| 2006 | 36 |
| 2007 | 43 |
| 2008 | 33 |
| 2009 | 51 |
| 2010 | 34 |
| 2011 | 40 |
| 2012 | 42 |
| 2013 | 44 |
| 2014 | 55 |
| 2015 | 35 |
| 2016 | 44 |
| 2017 | 38 |
| 2018 | 64 |
| 2019 | 46 |
| 2020 | 34 |
| 2021 | 41 |
| 2022 | 54 |
| 2023 | 62 |
| 2024 | 56 |
| 2025 | 43 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 106 years between 1881–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Public Universal Friendb. 1752USnot in their usual nameAmerican preacher (1752–1819)
- Jemima Blackburnb. 1823GBBritish artist (1823-1909)
- Jemma Redgraveb. 1965GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress
- Jemima Goldsmithb. 1974GBBritish screenwriter, television, film and documentary producer
- Jemima Rooperb. 1981GBBritish actress
- Jemima Jelagat Sumgongb. 1984KEKenyan long-distance runner
- Jemima Kirkeb. 1985GBBritish-American artist and actress
- Jemima Westb. 1987FRFrench actress
- Jemima Montagb. 1998AUAustralian racewalker
- Mima StilwellGBnot in their usual nameBritish singer, songwriter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 66 sources across 42 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2K | #7,534 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 1.9K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.9K | #5,326 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 1.8K | #6,432 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 202 | #5,206 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 171 | #10,205 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 165 | #4,712 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 156 | #4,209 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 134 | #4,516 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 128 | #6,545 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 101 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 99 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 605 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Jemima?
- We estimate roughly 52 thousand people bear Jemima (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Jemima have the most bearers?
- Jemima is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled gemma.
- How common is Jemima compared with other names?
- In the United Kingdom, Jemima is the 169th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.
- Is Jemima a male or female name?
- Jemima is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Jemima mean?
- Recorded meaning: A classic biblical name of Hebrew origin, Jemima means "dove," a symbol of peace and hope.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jemima” — the 169th most common given name in United Kingdom. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.