Jemima Explained

Jemima or Jemimah is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin (he|יְמִימָה|Yəmīmā or) meaning 'dove'.^[1] It may refer to:

People

Jemima Blackburn (1823–1909), Scottish painter
Jemima Boone, daughter of Daniel Boone captured by Indians in 1776—see Capture and rescue of Jemima Boone
Jemima Goldsmith (born 1974), English journalist, editor, heiress and activist
Jemimah Kariuki, Kenyan doctor
Jemima Kirke (born 1985), English-American actress
Jemima Montag (born 1998), Australian female Olympic racewalker
Jemima Morrell (1832–1909), English traveller and illustrator
Jemima Nicholas (1755–1832), Welsh woman who captured 12 drunk French soldiers in the Battle of Fishguard, the "last invasion of Britain"
Jemima Osunde, Nigerian actress, model and presenter
Jemima Parry-Jones (born 1949), British authority on birds of prey, conservationist and author
Jemima Rooper (born 1981), English actress
Jemima Sumgong (born 1984), Kenyan long-distance runner
Jemima von Tautphoeus (1807–1893), Irish novelist
Jemima West (born 1987), Anglo-French actress
Jemima Wilkinson (1752–1819), American preacher and evangelist
Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey (1723–1797)

Jemima (Bible), daughter of Job
Jemima (cat), a character in the musical Cats
Jemima, a duck in the children's book The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter
Jemima, a doll in the various versions of the television show Play School
Jemima Potts, the daughter in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Jemima "Jed" Marshall, the villain's mistress in the novel The Night Manager by John le Carré and on the British TV mini-series of the same name
Jemima Shore, an investigative journalist in a series of crime novels by Antonia Fraser
Aunt Jemima, an advertising character for a food brand
Old Aunt Jemima, a blackface minstrel character