Jemma

What Jemma means

Variant of Gemma, meaning “jewel”

spelling variant of Gemma || Ultimately from Latin gemma (“jewel”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Jemma” (revision 72046917) and “Gemma” (revision 93041305), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Jemma?

US: Falling: down from #689 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2328 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2018, when 594 girls got the name (#527 that year). First in the US records in 1915.

How common

• About 1 in 5,135 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 84,427 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ID (0.84 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.57 per 1,000 girls), MO (0.54 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Jemma is #862 in the US and #5927 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Jemma were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Gemma1,805 US · 4 E&W
• Gema96 US
• Jeimy33 US
• Jema15 US
• Jimma11 US
• Jemmah7 US
• Jeymi6 US
• Jeimmy5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Jemma

Girls

• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Luciana#273Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #273 vs #1,809 in 2025
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Alessandra#443Italian form of Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Gia#287Editor’s note Up from #372 in 2015 to #287 in 2025 in the US
• Ximena#183Basque, meaning “son”^*

For a brother

• Vincenzo#674Italian form of Vincent, meaning “conquering”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Franco#746Editor’s note Up from #873 in 2015 to #746 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jemma’s. Rank is US 2025.