Jemima
Jemima is a female first name.
Origin and Meaning
The name comes from Hebrew and means " dove ". In the Bible, Jemima is a daughter of Job.
Well-known bearers of the name
- Jemima Abey, Actress
- Jemima Boone (* 1762), a daughter of Daniel Boone, who was captured by Indians and their history James Fenimore Cooper's 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 ( born 1974 ), a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
- Jemima Nicholas (1755-1832), an Englishwoman who in 1797 liberated the town of Fishguard French invaders
- Jemima Rooper ( born 1981 ), British actress
- Jemima West, actress (match ball for the love )
- Jemima Wilkinson (1752-1819), religious Eiferin, see also Penn Yan # History
- Jemima Yorke (1723-1797), British nobleman
Figures in literature, theater and film
- Wilhelm Raabe's novella in Elderflower
- In Beatrix Potter's book The Story of Jemima Puddle-Duck ( a duck )
- In the film In the Order of the Dragon ( Jemima Brown)
- In Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats
- Antonia Fraser in detective novels ( Jemima Shore)