Entry № 4889 · Hebrew origin

Jemima Jemima — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ jeh-MY-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Dove, beautiful as the day"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "dove, beautiful as the day".

Jemima (יְמִימָה) comes from the Hebrew word possibly meaning "dove" or "beautiful as the day." In the Book of Job, Jemima is one of Job's three daughters born after his restoration — described as the most beautiful women in the land.

Jemima is popular in the U.K. and Australia but rare in the U.S. (where the Aunt Jemima brand association reduced usage). The British actress Jemima Kirke (Girls) is a contemporary bearer.

Dove. One of Job's three restored daughters.

The name in its native script.

יְמִימָה
Transliteration
Yĕmīmāh
Pronunciation
/ dʒəˈmaɪ.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jemima stands.

Jemima does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Jemimas before her.

Real people
Jemima Kirke
British actress, Girls.
born 1985
In fiction
Jemima Puddle-Duck
Heroine of Beatrix Potter's tale.
1908 book

Names connected to Jemima.

The number behind Jemima.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Jemima reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.