Jemima
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning dove.
Babies a year
90
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#444
90 babies · up from #460
Jemima by the numbers
In 2025, 90 babies in England and Wales were named Jemima. In the US, 38 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 54 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jemima. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jemmagem or jewel; spelling variant of Gemma491 in the US (2017)
- Jemimahdove; biblical name from jemimah24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jeminadove; a form of jemimah5 in the US (2017)
- Jamilabeautiful111 in the US (2017)
- Jesicagod beholds; a spelling variant of jessica8 in the US (2017)
- Jermiagod will exalt; form of Jeremiah7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bird
Like Jemima, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Alondralark; a form of Alondra844 in the US (2017)
- Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
- Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jemima
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