Details for the forename Gemma

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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.