Jemima
Jemima is a feminine given name.
Origin and meaning
The name comes from Hebrew and means "dove". In the Bible, Jemima is a daughter of Job .
Well-known namesake
- Jemima Abey , actress
- Jemima Boone (* 1762), a daughter of Daniel Boone , who had been captured by Indians and their history James Fenimore Cooper novel The Last of the Mohicans inspired
- Jemima Blackburn (1823–1909), Scottish painter
- Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Boyle (1650–1684), daughter of Charles II (England) (1650–1657)
- Jemima Khan (* 1974), UNICEF ambassador
- Jemima Kirke (born 1985), British actress
- Jemima Nicholas (1755-1832), an Englishwoman who in 1797 freed the town of Fishguard from French invaders
- Jemima Rooper (born 1981), British actress
- Jemima Sumgong , Kenyan marathon runner
- Jemima West , actress ( match point for love )
- Jemima Wilkinson (1752–1819), religious zealot, see also Penn Yan # story
- Jemima Yorke (1723–1797), British noblewoman
Figures in literature, theater and film
- in Wilhelm Raabe's novella Elderflower
- in Beatrix Potter's book The Story of Jemima Pratschel-Watschel (a duck)
- in the film On behalf of the dragon (Jemima Brown)
- in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Musical Cats
- in Antonia Fraser's crime novels (Jemima Shore)