Girl · Hebrew
Jemima
Say it: jeh-MY-muh
Meaning
Hebrew Yemimah, a daughter of Job; usually explained as 'dove'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used by Puritans and popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1880s
In the United States
- 1,566 babies given this name since 1881
- At its height in 1885, about 1 in 13,300 girls
- 34 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jemimah
| German | Jemima |
|---|---|
| Hebrew | Yemima |
| Hebrew | Yemimah |
Famous bearers
- Jemima, eldest daughter of Job
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Parish baptism registers
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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