Jem (given name) explained

Jem is a given name, sometimes as a nickname for James, Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jemma, or Jemima, and sometimes as an anglicized version of the Turkish name Cem.

People with the name include:

Jem Belcher (1781–1811), English bare-knuckle boxer
Jem Cohen (born 1962), American filmmaker
Jem Finer (born 1955), English musician, artist and composer, a founding member of the Pogues
Jem Karacan (born 1989), English footballer
Jem Mace (1831–1910), English bare-knuckle boxer
Jem Shaw (1836–1888), English cricketer
Jem Smith (1863–1931), English bare-knuckle boxer
Jem Stansfield (born 1975), inventor and television presenter
Jem Ward (1800–1884), English bare-knuckle boxer

Fictional characters

- Jerrica "Jem" Benton, protagonist of Jem, an animated TV series, and the 2015 film Jem and the Holograms James Matthew "Jem" Blythe in Anne Shirley franchise
James "Jem" Carstairs in The Infernal Devices trilogy
Jem Costello, in the soap opera Hollyoaks
Jem Finch, in the film To Kill a Mockingbird