Lema
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Lema by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Lema.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 1915, making it a 1910s name.
What we can tell you about Lema
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lema. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Leiaweary; a form of leah1,151 in the US (2017)
- Lenabright light; short form of Helena1,072 in the US (2017)
- Leaweary; form of Leah63 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leladivine play; a form of Leela142 in the US (2017)
- Lexadefender of mankind; a diminutive of alexandra115 in the US (2017)
- Ledawoman from Lydia5 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Lema
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