Jemina

Meaning of Jemina

Jemina dances on the tongue like a soft sea breeze brushing the lemon trees of Sorrento, its very syllables echoing a promise of peace. Born from the Hebrew yəmīmāh, “dove,” this vintage variant of Jemima carries with it the gentle symbolism of the colomba, an eternal emblem of hope and serenity. In the Book of Job, Jemima was the eldest daughter who bloomed anew after the storm, and today her name remains a hidden gem—so rare in America that only half a dozen newborns carry it each year, hovering around the nine-hundreds in popularity. Yet it is precisely this rarity that grants it a touch of Italianate romance: a melodic name that glides like a gondola at dusk, balancing strength and softness with every breath. Warm-hearted and whimsically sophisticated, Jemina invites visions of sun-dappled piazzas and whispered prayers of joy—an invitation to savor life’s most serene moments.

Pronunciation

British English

• Pronunced as juh-MEE-nuh (/dʒɛmˈi:nə/)

American English

• Pronunced as juh-MEE-nuh (/dʒɛmˈiːnə/)

• Jemma
• Gemma
• Jemima
• Jamina
• Jemini