Jemima
Jemima is a girl name of Hebrew origin, meaning Dove.
What Jemima means
Dove.
Jemima sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Jemima comes from
Hebrew names are frequently built as short phrases rather than single words, and many are theophoric — they contain a name of God as one element. This is why so many carry a full sentence of meaning.
Jemima is recorded as Hebrew in origin. Browse other Hebrew names.
How popular is Jemima?
Jemima sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Jemima
We group Jemima under scripture and Peace — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Jemima
These share Jemima's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Salome — Peace.
- Shiloh — Peaceful one; a gift.
- Jonah — Dove.
- Noah — Rest, comfort, repose.
- Solomon — Peace.
- Josephine — God will increase.
- Delilah — Delicate.
- Eliana — My God has answered.
- Joanna — God is gracious.
- Judith — Woman of Judea; praised.
- Naomi — Pleasantness, delight.
- Seraphina — Fiery, burning — the seraphim angels.