Meaning 
The name Jemma 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, Jemma is currently not a popular baby name in the USA. There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Jemma for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Jemima, of which the name Jemma is a variant.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Jemma and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Jemma: 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 Jemma 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 Jemma 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 Jemma to be: A cute, pert little girl who is rather childishIn one word, you might describe Jemma as a(n) " childlike" person. See other "childlike" names for girls.
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