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Gemma (female)

Pet Name for:Gemima (F)
Can be spelt:Jemma (F)
Masculine form:James (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
1881 Census of Great britain
Notes:

1. English; possibly an early feminine form of James or Jaime [Whyte].

2. English, Irish and Italian; from a medieval Italian nickname from gemma, "a gem" [Whyte and ONC].

3. English; ONC records Gemma as an alternative spelling for Jemma although it does not record the forename spelling Gemima which we have found in the 1881 UK Census.
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