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Girl · Italian, from Latin
Gemma
Say it: JEM-mah
Meaning
From Italian gemma 'gem, jewel' (also 'bud').
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 17,967 babies given this name since 1904
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 1,100 girls
- 1,376 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Gemma Donati, wife of Dante
- Gemma Galgani, Italian saint
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.