First names in Hebrew

First name Jemima: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ימימה

Gematria value: 105

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Jemima is written ימימה

Jemima is the English form of Yemima, ימימה in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Jemima mean?

Meaning: origin disputed: "dove", or "like the day"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name belongs to the eldest daughter of Job. Its meaning is disputed: it is most often linked to a word meaning "dove", close to the Arabic yamama; the Talmud, for its part, reads in it yom, "day", and says she was called so because her face was as bright as the day (Bava Batra 16b). The name has long been popular in Britain.

Gematria

Jemima = 105

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. ימימה has 5 letters:

• יthe letter Yod10
• מthe letter Mem40
• יthe letter Yod10
• מthe letter Mem40
• הthe letter He5
• Total105

The verse of the name

From the letter Yod to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Jemima, from י to ה:

יִשְׂאוּ הָרִים שָׁלוֹם לָעָם וּגְבָעוֹת בִּצְדָקָה׃

“May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills, righteousness.”

Psalms 72:3

The book of your first name

Jemima, in nine pages

• Jemima, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Jemima
• Jemima, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Jemima in three answers

How do you write Jemima in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Jemima is written ימימה. Jemima is the English form of Yemima, ימימה in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of Jemima?
Written ימימה, Jemima is worth 105: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Mem (40) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Mem (40) + the letter He (5).

What does Jemima mean?
Origin disputed: "dove", or "like the day (origin: Hebrew). Your name belongs to the eldest daughter of Job. Its meaning is disputed: it is most often linked to a word meaning "dove", close to the Arabic yamama; the Talmud, for its part, reads in it yom, "day", and says she was called so because her face was as bright as the day (Bava Batra 16b). The name has long been popular in Britain.