Jemima
Meaning
dove; Job's beautiful daughter in Genesis
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jemima peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
1,875 people · the #5,326 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 111,111 · median age 28
Among people named Jemima living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 59 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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