Jemimah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- je-MY-ma
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,217 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Jemimah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “dove”. In 2025 it ranked 1,217th for girls in the UK (28 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Jemimah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jemima
“dove”
In the Bible, Jemima is the eldest of the three beautiful daughters born to Job after his trials.
Is Jemimah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jemimah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jemimah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,217th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 9,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were named Jemimah, making it the 1,217th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,089th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 57 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jemimah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 118 girls in the UK were given Jemimah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #393, up from #1,217 for this spelling alone.
- Jemima 90
- Jemimah 28
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Jemimah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #1,217 |
| 2024 | 30 | #1,176 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,406 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 33 | #1,089 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,220 |
| 2018 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2017 | 47 | #883 |
| 2016 | 34 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 35 | #1,085 |
| 2014 | 40 | #983 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,188 |
| 2012 | 52 | #808 |
| 2011 | 46 | #858 |
| 2010 | 57 | #705 |
| 2009 | 45 | #836 |
| 2008 | 40 | #890 |
| 2007 | 28 | #1,117 |
| 2006 | 27 | #1,087 |
| 2005 | 26 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 22 | #1,125 |
| 2002 | 24 | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 24 | #995 |
| 2000 | 25 | #954 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 19 | #1,158 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Jemimah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Jemimah, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had fewer girls named Jemimah than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Jemimah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were given Jemimah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,301, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
- Jemima 43
- Jemimah 18
Jemimah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Nicknames for Jemimah
- Jem 10 boys in the UK in 2025
- Mima
Names like Jemimah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Aaliyah, Safa, Zainab, Hadassah, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Aaminah, Ayah, Umaymah, Hafsa, Abeeha
Other spellings of Jemimah
Names related to Jemimah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jemimah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jemimah, updated 20 October 2026.