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Jemma

feminine

87First-name usabilityWorkable with minor friction

Evidence coverageLimited

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British English spelling variant of the Italian name Gemma, meaning "gem, precious stone."

Why it works

short, simple spelling with no unusual letter patterns
spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronunciation varies somewhat by language — see "How it travels" for the specifics

Popularity

Uncommon — #866 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Jemma means "Gem" or "precious stone", as a British English spelling variant of Gemma.

Used primarily in British English as an alternate spelling of the Italian-origin name Gemma.

Documented origin: British English spelling variant of the Italian name Gemma, meaning "gem, precious stone."

Documented as a variant or related form of another name.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

EnglishJEM-uh — English-conventional (British English spelling).researched pronunciation

TurkishEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; Turkish pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to Turkish speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

GermanEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; German pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to German speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Also documented

English: /ˈd͡ʒɛm.ə/

Popularity without panic

Uncommon — #866 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Still uncommon, but no longer unfamiliar.

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Real-world considerations

Spelling note: Gemma.

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Gemma

Documented as a related name or variant form.

Gema

Documented as a related name or variant form.