MEANING & HISTORY
What does Jemma mean?
Jemma is a recorded spelling variant of Gemma. Latin gemma means a gem or jewel and can also refer to a bud.
The initial J gives a familiar English way of representing the name’s opening sound. This established connection is stronger than interpreting the name as a feminine James solely because both begin with similar letters.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A female given name from Italian, a spelling variant of Gemma; by folk etymology also used as a feminine form of James/Jem.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Jemma in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Jemma
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Emma♀Whole or great; from Germanic irmin names
- Gemma♀Gem or jewel
- Jean♀God is gracious; related to John and Jeanne
- Jed♂Beloved of the Lord; short for Jedidiah
- Jeff♂Short form of Jeffrey or Geoffrey
- Jelly♀Word name from English jelly
- Jenn♀Short form of Jennifer
- Jenny♀Familiar form of Jane or Jennifer
What rhymes with Jemma?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Jemma further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jemma (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Jemma (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: jemma (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.
- Wiktionary: Gemma (opens in a new tab)
Related-name or lexical step in the specifically described formation; exact-spelling relationship is cited separately.