Jemima or Jemimah (/dʒəˈmaɪmə/ jə-MY-mə) is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin (Hebrew: יְמִימָה, romanized: Yəmīmā or Yemimah) 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 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)

Biblical and fictional characters

• 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

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