Gemma
Meaning of Gemma
Gemma is the linguistic equivalent of a tiny diamond tucked into language, a Latin word for “precious stone” that stowed away on Italian lips, hopped across the Channel, and now glints cheerfully on birth certificates from Mumbai to Minneapolis. She carries centuries of shine—think Saint Gemma Galgani’s quiet miracles—and yet feels as fresh as a peacock-blue sari swirling at a Bollywood sangeet. In the U.S., her popularity chart reads like a Bollywood dance number: a slow drumbeat for decades, then—boom—an upswing into the Top 200 in recent years, proving that parents can’t resist a name that sounds like a giggle and a jewel rolled into one. Pronounced JEM-uh, she’s easy on the tongue, quick on the ear, and bright on the playground; a name that lets a little girl walk into every room already sparkling, like the first rays of Diwali diyas scattering darkness.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as JEM-uh (/ˈdʒɛmə/)
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Notable People Named Gemma
| Gemma Chan is an English actress and Oxford graduate who broke out in Humans and later starred in Crazy Rich Asians and Mary Queen of Scots. |
| Gemma Arterton is an English actress who debuted in 2007, won an Empire Award for her Bond role in Quantum of Solace, and later played spy Polly Wilkins in The King's Man. |
| Gemma Louise Ward is an Australian model and actress who was scouted at 14, became one of the youngest American Vogue cover stars, and rose to 2000s supermodel fame. |
| Gemma Steel is a British long distance runner and 2014 European Cross Country champion who has represented Great Britain and won the Great Ireland Run, Great Birmingham Run, Great Yorkshire Run, and the Bristol Half Marathon. |
| Jennifer Gemma Jones is an English actress known for stage and screen roles in Sense and Sensibility, the Bridget Jones and Harry Potter series, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, and Ammonite. |
| Gemma Smith is a Sydney-based Australian painter and sculptor celebrated for her experiments with color and abstraction, earning numerous grants and exhibitions, with works held in collections across Australia. |
| Gemma Louise Ruegg, known as Gemma Hewitt, is a British boxer and business owner from Bournemouth, Dorset. |
| Rita Gemma Craven is an Irish retired actress best known for playing Cinderella in The Slipper and the Rose and Joan Parker in the BBC drama Pennies From Heaven. |
| Gemma Evans is a British TV presenter and journalist who reported for Sky News from 2006 to 2018, hosted the technology show Swipe, and earlier presented Channel 5 lunchtime and weekend news. |
| Gemma Mary Spofforth is an English former swimmer, a 100 meter backstroke world champion and former world record holder who won eight medals for Great Britain and England at major international events. |
| Gemma Newman, the Plant Power Doctor, is a British doctor, nutritionist, author, and advocate of whole food plant based nutrition. |
| Gemma Etheridge is an Australian rugby sevens player from Tamworth who debuted for Australia in 2012 and won gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics. |
| Gemma Ubasart González is a Spanish political scientist and politician who was the Minister of Justice, Rights and Memory of Catalonia from 2022 to 2024 and earlier served as a city councilor and held leadership roles in Podemos. |
| Gemma Bridge is a former international racewalker. |
| Gemma Jackson is a British production designer in film and television who has won two Emmys for Game of Thrones and the John Adams miniseries. |
