Meaning of Names, Baby Names
Search for name  
Meaning of Jemimah meaning

Search

Browse

Meaning of name Jemimah

and the Origins of this baby nameMeaning of baby name Jemimah

Meaning

The name Jemimah has the following meaning:

Dove. This name makes its appearance in the Old Testament as one of the three beautiful daughters of the persecuted Job. Predictably, the name was popular with the Puritans, who brought it to the U.S.A, where it is now probably most well-known as the brand name "Aunt Jemima" for pancake mixes and syrups.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Jemimah is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Jemimah for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Jemima, of which the name Jemimah is a variant.
USA baby name statistics

Origins

The name Jemimah is very likely a(n) Hebrew variant of the name Jemima. See other suggested Hebrew girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Jemima.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Jemimah and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Jemimah: Boys - Aaron, Abel, Abner, Abraham, Adam, Aden, Adriel, Alpheus, Alvah, Amarion, Amon, Girls - Alisa, Aliza, Ana, Annemarie, Annmarie, Ardith, Ayla, Daneil, Dania, Etha, Hanna, Kaylah, Leah, Nitza, Nizana, Oralia, Rayna, Ruthann, Zetta, Both genders - Sharon

Variants

The name Jemimah is a variant of Jemima. Other popular variants of the name Jemima are: Jamima, Jem (Nickname), Jemi (Nickname), Jemimah, Jemina (Hebrew), Jemma (English), Jemmea, Jemmie, Jemmimah, Jemmy, Mima, Mimma

Style

We think the name Jemimah should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

See other Biblical girl names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Jemimah to be: A cute, pert little girl who is rather childish

In one word, you might describe Jemimah as a(n) "childlike" person.

See other "childlike" names for girls.

Faces of

Jemimah

loading...
Jessica (17)
Jasmine (26)
Julia (31)
Jennifer (34)
Jenna (52)
Jacqueline (89)
Jocelyn (94)
Jade (106)
Jayla (184)
Julie (244)
Josalind
Justyne
Jolaine
Jazmyn
Janell
Jayleana
Jinnett
Jannis
Janiah
Jolietta
Girl names of similar style (Biblical)

Girl names which give the impression of someone who's 'childlike'

Popular Hebrew girl names

Girl names that sound like Jemimah
... all baby girl names starting with "J" ... more unique names starting with "J"
"J"
"J"
Do you like this name? 
Share to Facebook Share with Google Share to Twitter Stumble It Email This More...