Jemima is a girl's name of English origin meaning “dove.” In 2024 it was given to 54 girls in the United States.
Jemima belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “dove” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jemima first appears in Social Security records in 1881. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #713 in 1885, and in 2024 54 babies received the name — 1,783 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jemima means “dove” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jemima is a girl name. In 2024, 54 babies received the name in the US.
Jemima comes from the English & American tradition.
Jemima first appears in US records in 1881. Its best-ever ranking was #713 in 1885, and 54 babies were given the name in 2024.
Jemima is pronounced /d͡ʒəˈmaɪmə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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