Jemima

Hebrew

"dove"

Jemima Origin and Meaning

The name Jemima is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "dove".

Jemima, the name of a strong and beautiful Biblical daughter of Job, has long been among the chicest choices of aristocratic Brits, most recently ranking at #231 there in 2017. But despite its lovely sound and peaceful meaning, this attractive name hasn't ranked in the US Top 1000 since 1893, no doubt due to the problematic association with racial stereotyping, exemplified by the Aunt Jemima brand of pancakes.

Jemima was well used by the Puritans, as was that of her sister, Keziah. Some other famous namesakes are Beatrix Potter's Jemima Puddle-Duck and characters in Chitty, Chitty, Bang Bang, Cats, and Thackeray's Vanity Fair. A real-life bearer is Jemima Kirke, who plays Jessa on Girls--and who happens to have a sister named Domino and a son named Memphis. Jemimah is a variant spelling, as seen in the Antonia Fraser crime series Jemimah Shore Investigates.

Jemima Rank in US Top 1000

# 846 in the US

Jemima Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 543 on Nameberry

Jemima Popularity

• 543 Nameberry 2024
• 450 England 2023

20 Names Similar to Jemima

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Jemima.

• Tabitha
• Dinah
• Jessamine
• Philippa
• Harriet
• Keziah
• Georgina
• Beatrix
• Delphine
• Dorothea
• Cosima
• Anouk
• Elspeth
• Tallulah
• Enid
• Matilda
• Imogen
• Clementine
• Ottilie
• Lilac

Famous People Named Jemima

• Jemima daughter of Job
• Jemima Boone daughter of Daniel Boone
• Jemima Kirke English,born American actress
• Jemima Khan English writer
• Jemima Nicholas led the women of Pembrokeshire in the "last invasion of Britain"
• Jemima Rooper English actress
• Jemima Wilkinson American evangelist
• Jemima West French actress
• Jemima Ullyet (b. 2005) daughter of tennis player Kevin Ullyet
• Jemima Bercow (b. 2008) daughter of British politicians John and Sally Bercow

Jemima in Pop Culture

• Jemima character in "Cats"
• Jemima character on "Play School"
• Lady Jemima character in "My Aunt Margaret's Mirror" by Sir Walter Scott
• Jemima Jones character in "Jemima J" by Jane Green
• Jemima Kicksey character in "The Amours of Mr Deuceace" by William Makepeace Thackeray
• Jemima Potts character in "Chitty,Chitty,Bang,Bang"
• Jemima Puddleduck character in eponymous book by Beatrix Potter
• Jemima Stanbury character in "He Knew He Was Right" by Anthony Trollope
• Jemima "Jem" Walker character on "In The Flesh"
• Jemima "Jed" Marshall character in "The Night Manager" by John le Carré
• Aunt Jemima advertising figure used for a U.S. brand of pancake mix and syrup