Gemma

[wildpoppy]

Opinions please. I like it a lot. Dh is swaying towards it. (5 months left and don't know gender. Probably Alexander if a boy).

Gemma is dated, but Jemima is lovely and won't date.

I like Gemma. It's pretty and not overused at the moment.

I don't like Jemima or Jemma.

Like it. All the Gemma/Jemma's I know are lovely people.

I love it, I know a 9 year old one and it really suits her.

I like it because of St Gemma Galgani, who is a modern saint and also very beautiful.
I've only ever met one person called Gemma (though her's is spelled Jemma) She's about 20 I think.

I know a 24 year old Gemma who is just lovely! Doesn't sound 80's or faddy to me - very pretty name!

Lovely.

Very nice name, I don't think it is dated.

There is one in my dc's primary school.

Afink. I'm Gemma, pleased to meet you. I like to think of myself as a nice, kind and friendly person! Cheers for tarring us all with the same brush though

Switchitoff. Strong and feisty is a great description. Ballsy too haha

Bloody phone.

Op, I know a few people that have named their DD's Gemma or Jemma. I think it's making a comeback!

I love it. It's pretty. I also like Jenny.

I really like it. I understand why people think it's a bit dated, but that doesn't make me dislike it at all. Lovely name.

I've suspected for a while that 80s names will eventually come back into fashion. In 2030 when we are surrounded by tiny Carols, Imogens and Sharons, you'll know you got the jump on them!

I don't usually comment on name threads, but Gemma is really lovely. Really pretty, really 'normal', suits a baby, little girl an adult.

Usually the names suggested want to make me poke my eye out, but not today!

Very dated in my opinion. Jenna is a much prettier option.

Id say Gemma is much more a 70s name and lovely.
Jenna is very very 80s and there was a surge on popularity due to the character in Dallas

Really really don't like it. Sorry. Very harsh, 80's, and in same vein as Sharon/Tracey. Its not graceful at all.

I know two teenage Gemma's so don't consider it a dated name at all, and love the name. I don't think of it as an 80s name at all.

Jemima always makes me think of Jemima Puddleduck.

Love nn of Gem also

My name is Jemma. I don't really like it but do prefer it to Gemma. But if you use it for your DD you/she will probably get asked a million times how to spell it.
I prefer getting called Jem. Gem is nice if you choose the other spelling.

There is a Gemma at our local nursery. First one i have heard of in years. I quite like Jenna too, similar sounding but less 80's. Both nice names though.

When my sister was little (1980s, Essex) every other child in her class seemed to be a Gemma, so in that sense it is dated in that it was very popular at a certain time. That doesn't stop it being pretty. I think of "Gem is her name, no-one else is the same!", and the Noel Streatfeild books about Gemma.

Agree it sounds similar to Sharon & Tracy. Def prefer Jenna but neither is especially nice IMO.

I don't see the Sharon/Tracy connection. They might be from the same era but they definitely have a very different image to Gemma. It's a bit like saying Kayleigh sounds the same as Poppy or Millie, because they're all popular names from recent years.

As a child of the 80's there were always several in each class of school. I've also had my fair share of not nice Gemma's (have met a couple of nice ones too) so if I'm honest it would massively put me off.

It is an 80's name and there were so many in schools in the 90's.