Jemima Forename
13,945th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 69,604 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Nauru
Jemima Forename Definition:
A female name. Hebrew ‘pure’, ‘fortunate' the name of one of the three dd. of Job, the others being Keziah and Kerenhappuch. All three were used, though not often, in the 17th C. Jemima, for some unexplained reason, in spite of its ugliness, became generally popular in the 19th C and was for a time a really common name.
Read More About This ForenameJemima Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 100% | 20,901 | 1:1,291 | 256 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 6,477 | 1:27,415 | 2,496 |
| Kenya | 100% | 6,311 | 1:7,338 | 1,039 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 6,046 | 1:3,908 | 848 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4,852 | 1:10,880 | 1,375 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,933 | 1:54,368 | 4,535 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,482 | 1:86,316 | 5,064 |
| Philippines | 99% | 2,056 | 1:51,561 | 3,737 |
| England | 100% | 2,050 | 1:27,123 | 1,544 |
| Uganda | 100% | 2,028 | 1:20,196 | 1,636 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,593 | 1:3,359 | 384 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,280 | 1:96,988 | 2,527 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,218 | 1:4,113 | 646 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 1,150 | 1:64,198 | 3,849 |
| United States | 96% | 1,021 | 1:355,080 | 10,473 |
| India | 100% | 633 | 1:1,919,239 | 101,517 |
| Jamaica | - | 609 | 1:4,734 | 770 |
| South Africa | 100% | 583 | 1:93,538 | 7,772 |
| Haiti | 100% | 561 | 1:19,121 | 1,615 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 543 | 1:475,071 | 36,293 |
| Malawi | 91% | 465 | 1:36,801 | 2,710 |
| Mali | 100% | 387 | 1:43,870 | 2,498 |
| Chile | 100% | 316 | 1:55,719 | 1,905 |
| Liberia | 100% | 300 | 1:14,707 | 1,122 |
| Vanuatu | - | 212 | 1:1,235 | 346 |
| Gabon | 100% | 200 | 1:9,417 | 1,573 |
| Australia | - | 187 | 1:73,035 | 3,029 |
| Peru | 100% | 183 | 1:173,724 | 4,854 |
| Canada | 100% | 172 | 1:192,636 | 7,440 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 140 | 1:13,165 | 846 |
| Spain | 100% | 117 | 1:397,692 | 5,702 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 100 | 1:161,084 | 2,756 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 86 | 1:196,536 | 7,483 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 79 | 1:103,194 | 9,373 |
| New Zealand | - | 75 | 1:60,481 | 3,093 |
| Zambia | - | 74 | 1:214,254 | 7,249 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 69 | 1:441,303 | 20,000 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 68 | 1:8,543 | 891 |
| El Salvador | - | 67 | 1:94,654 | 2,054 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 51 | 1:26,694 | 2,926 |
| Wales | 100% | 50 | 1:61,886 | 1,949 |
| Colombia | 100% | 44 | 1:1,085,885 | 11,960 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 40 | 1:755,047 | 17,770 |
| Namibia | - | 37 | 1:64,978 | 3,614 |
| Angola | 100% | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Germany | 100% | 34 | 1:2,843,467 | 14,307 |
| Sweden | 100% | 34 | 1:289,938 | 8,902 |
| Benin | 100% | 32 | 1:330,495 | 12,929 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Panama | 100% | 27 | 1:144,687 | 6,280 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 26 | 1:706,903 | 21,562 |
| Honduras | 100% | 25 | 1:352,699 | 6,316 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 24 | 1:961,497 | 28,831 |
| Belgium | 100% | 22 | 1:522,275 | 8,300 |
| France | 100% | 22 | 1:3,021,379 | 14,959 |
| Guyana | 100% | 22 | 1:34,694 | 3,625 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 22 | 1:273,561 | 6,085 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 22 | 1:328,946 | 4,098 |
| Botswana | 100% | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Ecuador | - | 21 | 1:844,139 | 7,105 |
| Thailand | 100% | 21 | 1:3,336,467 | 74,526 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 21 | 1:734,467 | 28,972 |
| Qatar | 75% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Singapore | 100% | 18 | 1:349,281 | 9,934 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Finland | 93% | 12 | 1:456,932 | 5,495 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 12 | 1:684,458 | 9,518 |
| Nauru | 100% | 11 | 1:1,084 | 171 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 10 | 1:715,199 | 24,449 |
| Argentina | 100% | 8 | 1:5,346,655 | 13,183 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 8 | 1:595,994 | 8,229 |
| Saint Lucia | 88% | 8 | 1:22,227 | 2,229 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 7 | 1:3,087,215 | 57,282 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 7 | 1:7,319 | 1,092 |
| China | - | 6 | 1:227,675,964 | 74,319 |
| Denmark | - | 6 | 1:941,583 | 11,543 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Italy | 95% | 4 | 1:15,265,522 | 38,916 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 3 | 1:176,384 | 4,377 |
| Russia | - | 3 | 1:48,077,901 | 98,779 |
| Austria | - | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Czechia | - | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Jémima (9), Jèmima (9) & Jemimá (1) are calculated separately.
Jemima (555) may also be a surname.
Jemima Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Hebrew ‘pure’, ‘fortunate' the name of one of the three dd. of Job, the others being Keziah and Kerenhappuch. All three were used, though not often, in the 17th C. Jemima, for some unexplained reason, in spite of its ugliness, became generally popular in the 19th C and was for a time a really common name.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
JEMIMAH. In Arabic, ‘a dove’; in Hebrew, ‘handsome as the day,’ this, the name of one of Job’s daughters, is now rare except in the provinces: elsewhere, it is used derisively.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in יְמִימָה, Y’miymah, which Gesenius makes i. q. the Arab, yamānat, a dove.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Hebrew (feminine) - A dove.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Je-my'-mah, handsome as the day. A daughter of Job. Job xlii. 14.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: he will spoil (mar) her.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Arabic name, meaning: The doer. (Hebrew) A dove.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Jemima Forename Popularity
Jemima Demographics
Average Jemima Salary in
United States
$40,508 USD
Per year
Rank:
244,405 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000253063
Rank: 11,302 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
93.06%
Sample size: 515 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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