Gemma Forename
2,813th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 369,773 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Wales
Gemma Forename Definition:
A female name. It gemma ‘a gem’. The name occurs once in an Assize Roll for 1218. In modern times it has been borrowed from Italy and seems to have established itself as an English name.
Gemma Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 163,103 | 1:650 | 103 |
| England | 100% | 93,525 | 1:595 | 138 |
| Spain | 100% | 36,408 | 1:1,278 | 197 |
| Italy | 100% | 18,218 | 1:3,352 | 372 |
| United States | 100% | 8,963 | 1:40,448 | 2,454 |
| Australia | - | 5,890 | 1:2,319 | 410 |
| Wales | 100% | 5,880 | 1:526 | 117 |
| Mexico | 100% | 5,847 | 1:21,232 | 1,268 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4,940 | 1:1,083 | 205 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,387 | 1:3,853 | 635 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,626 | 1:12,617 | 1,356 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2,385 | 1:1,947 | 301 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2,103 | 1:876 | 192 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,721 | 1:2,636 | 469 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,242 | 1:172,493 | 8,085 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,002 | 1:1,359 | 257 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 920 | 1:57,379 | 3,994 |
| Thailand | 100% | 858 | 1:81,662 | 7,386 |
| Chile | 100% | 794 | 1:22,175 | 1,158 |
| Indonesia | 50% | 671 | 1:384,447 | 31,307 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 484 | 1:49,111 | 7,412 |
| Belgium | 100% | 445 | 1:25,820 | 1,752 |
| Peru | 100% | 441 | 1:72,089 | 3,017 |
| Germany | 100% | 434 | 1:222,760 | 3,315 |
| Colombia | 100% | 423 | 1:112,953 | 3,481 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 422 | 1:19,463 | 1,391 |
| South Africa | 100% | 380 | 1:143,507 | 10,261 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| France | 100% | 281 | 1:236,549 | 3,555 |
| Egypt | 100% | 239 | 1:384,523 | 11,247 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 191 | 1:54,614 | 3,526 |
| Papua New Guinea | 92% | 187 | 1:43,595 | 4,243 |
| Bahrain | - | 178 | 1:7,577 | 1,232 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 174 | 1:27,402 | 1,614 |
| Ecuador | - | 170 | 1:104,276 | 2,498 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| India | 87% | 161 | 1:7,545,826 | 250,360 |
| Andorra | - | 151 | 1:549 | 87 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 138 | 1:218,854 | 7,751 |
| Argentina | 100% | 127 | 1:336,797 | 3,105 |
| Seychelles | - | 116 | 1:799 | 190 |
| Malta | - | 108 | 1:3,976 | 592 |
| Grenada | 100% | 106 | 1:1,020 | 199 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 101 | 1:301,485 | 15,374 |
| Portugal | - | 101 | 1:103,078 | 2,758 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 101 | 1:70,812 | 6,026 |
| Guernsey | - | 99 | 1:640 | 158 |
| China | - | 97 | 1:14,083,049 | 59,953 |
| Kenya | 100% | 95 | 1:487,443 | 13,639 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 88 | 1:2,021 | 368 |
| Guam | - | 84 | 1:1,912 | 417 |
| Sweden | 100% | 82 | 1:120,218 | 4,897 |
| Singapore | 100% | 74 | 1:84,960 | 7,205 |
| Jersey | - | 64 | 1:1,562 | 321 |
| Hong Kong | - | 59 | 1:131,402 | 2,983 |
| Qatar | 100% | 59 | 1:40,163 | 5,201 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Uganda | 100% | 57 | 1:718,542 | 14,297 |
| Namibia | - | 51 | 1:47,141 | 3,011 |
| Rwanda | - | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 48 | 1:125,382 | 3,955 |
| Norway | 100% | 45 | 1:114,052 | 3,524 |
| South Korea | - | 43 | 1:128,940 | 5,936 |
| Denmark | - | 33 | 1:171,197 | 4,043 |
| Guyana | 100% | 33 | 1:23,129 | 2,720 |
| Botswana | 100% | 32 | 1:68,264 | 6,262 |
| Nigeria | 83% | 32 | 1:5,548,886 | 78,655 |
| Panama | 100% | 30 | 1:130,219 | 5,854 |
| Russia | 85% | 30 | 1:4,807,790 | 23,740 |
| Gibraltar | - | 27 | 1:1,264 | 259 |
| Japan | - | 27 | 1:4,740,224 | 27,142 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 27 | 1:571,252 | 24,615 |
| Greece | 100% | 25 | 1:437,382 | 6,259 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 25 | 1:4,463 | 793 |
| Israel | 97% | 23 | 1:365,344 | 8,396 |
| Austria | 100% | 22 | 1:387,009 | 4,082 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 20 | 1:28,202 | 1,466 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 19 | 1:1,137,395 | 29,084 |
| Croatia | 100% | 19 | 1:221,951 | 3,696 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Jamaica | - | 18 | 1:160,179 | 5,771 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| Hungary | 100% | 15 | 1:652,785 | 2,218 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Iceland | 100% | 12 | 1:30,501 | 1,954 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 12 | 1:285,636 | 4,451 |
| Vietnam | - | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 10 | 1:6,130 | 975 |
| Honduras | 100% | 10 | 1:881,747 | 10,598 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 10 | 1:723,680 | 5,820 |
| Bolivia | - | 9 | 1:1,177,934 | 3,617 |
| Finland | 83% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| Haiti | - | 9 | 1:1,191,884 | 16,425 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Turkey | 100% | 9 | 1:8,644,634 | 30,028 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 8 | 1:443,788 | 3,677 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:15,678 | 1,755 |
| Congo | 67% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| El Salvador | - | 6 | 1:1,056,964 | 6,645 |
| Cambodia | - | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Cuba | - | 4 | 1:2,876,638 | 6,272 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Jordan | - | 4 | 1:2,206,694 | 7,695 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| San Marino | 100% | 4 | 1:8,230 | 519 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Benin | 100% | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Lebanon | - | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:15,625 | 1,557 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
Gemma (5,225) may also be a surname.
Gemma Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. It gemma ‘a gem’. The name occurs once in an Assize Roll for 1218. In modern times it has been borrowed from Italy and seems to have established itself as an English name.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Latin name, meaning: A gem.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Gemma Forename Popularity
Gemma Demographics
Average Gemma Salary in
United States
$48,566 USD
Per year
Rank:
142,009 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00284493
Rank: 2,215 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
111.57%
Sample size: 4,829 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Gemma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gemma in the Russian language | ||
| Гемма | gemma | - |
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