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I love the name Jemima but DH vetoed it for DD. I think I even have started a thread about it when pg under by old username. Lots of people said Puddle duck IIRC, but I think it's beautiful.

Thanks for the comments lots to think about. I think it is rising to the top of the list!

Our friends daughter Jemima who is 11, recently wants to be known as Jam

Love it.
On my list for a future girl, dh not keen though, says it reminds him of a duck

Mulberrybush I also love Jemima but loathe Gemma

Love Jemima

I like it but Gemma is very pretty too and simpler. If you dislike Gemma then how can you like Jemima?

through the round window! i always think of the doll jemima from play school in the 80's or maybe thats just me showing my age! & i used 2 have a pet rabbit called jemima, cute name.just jem 4 short though

The Jemimas I know are Jem, Jam, Mimi, Mima
Never Gemma!

Friend has a Jemima, known as Mima, Jems or her full name. It is a gorgeous name.

Jemima is lovely, always reminds me of the little girl in chitty chitty bang bang (I think thats a nice thing lol). I agree theres a British quirkiness to it that you can't quite put your finger on. Classic, neither old-fashioned or modern, easy to pronouce and a one-way-to-spell-it name. Totally different from Gemma, don't worry. A good choice.

I know know two grown up jemimas, they known as mimi and Jem

I have a nine week old Jemima. Her 20 mo sister calls her Mima, so I do too by default. Or Jimjam.

Either way, it's a gorgeous name.

I also get the nn Jembolina which is quite nice and would work for Jemima.

Love it its gorgeous. I see Jemima and Gemma/Jemma as two separate names though I don't associate them at all.

gorgeous name

I know two small Jemimas. Both are known as Jemima; no shortening.

Like ellesabe my Jemima is shortened to Mima by DD1 (aged 2 and can't say Jemima yet) and DS calls her Jimmyima which I think is sweet. So Jimmy is also a possible nickname here too.

I have had some really lovely comments about her name and i really love it's quirkiness.

Lovely name - would never associate it with Gemma as a shortening.

I know a lovely little Jemima - in fact I know two.
It is a pretty name for a little girl and an elegant one for an adult, imo.
Neither is shortened to gemma. Mima when tiny which is cute.

I am a Gemma who sometimes gets called Jemima, but Ive never heard it go the other way around.

Jemima is a beautiful name and I would imagined be shortened to Jem. Mima / Mimi are also good nns.

I have a friend called Jemima who is nick named Mima or Jim. I think it's a lovely name.

I have a Jemima and LOVE her name, obviously!

Most of her little 2yo friends can't say 'Jemima' and call her Mima. Her best friend pronounces it Jemma (which I hate) and she calls herself Jima (which I love) but all adults call her Jemima so the nicknames will probably grow out over time.

Oh and I sometimes call her Jimmy when dh isn't listening

I hate the name Gemma to OP, I know a really spiteful horrible want to punch in the face kind of girl called Gemma and I know it's an assumption but everyone else I know called that has those same tendencies IMO. Jemima is lovely. Jemima rose would work really well to.

Francescarose do you think the name wears well on your colleague, as I know it would be adorable on a little girl but wonder about it on an adult?! Though Jemima Khan wears the name well!