Jemma or Emma

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Boy name sorted, now need girl names... Middle name Fern

I don't see Jemma as lower class (my cousin is one and she's a dentist). But I do agree that Emma is nicer and more classic.

Emma. But I like my name.

I'd also say Emma. But I'm biased.

Emma

I prefer Gemma/Jemma and I like both spellings. I think it's prettier than Emma and I've known some lovely Gemmas/Jemmas.

Gemma is becoming very popular in America, and considered quite upmarket! Funny how it's perceived differently here.

I don't think it sounds 'lower class', just a bit dated. I'd pick it over Emma though.

Emma definitely. Jemma/Gemma to me is in same bracket as Sharon and Tracy, very 80s and harsh sounding.

Gemma is like Sharon and Tracy?! I think it's a soft-sounding name, nothing like Tracy but maybe a bit 80s

I prefer Jemma to Gemma though. Only celeb I can think of is Jemma Kidd and she's definitely not common. I quite like Emma but it's very boring common. I'd only use it if I had a very unusual or cool surname otherwise your DD could be one of 500000 Emma Smiths.

Emma.

Jemma fern - do you like TOWIE?!

Emma

But have you thought of Jemima? Could be shortened yo Jem/Jemma.

Not too keen on either. Emma is very dull, I knew a load of them growing up in the 80's and 90's. Jemma sounds very dated IMO, a bit like Tracy or Amanda. But if you're going with one, then Emma is better than Jemma. It's at least a classic name.

Emma Fern is gorgeous.

Emma

Emma without contest. It's classy and elegant, and suits every age.

I knew a Jenna once, just throwing it out there....

Emma

Emma is lovely but v popular- 3 in one class in our school. So they're all known as Emma initial. Jemma is just a misspelling of Gemma isn't it?

Emma. Though I like the Jenna suggestion too.

Jemma is actually a very well known spelling... Back in the 1990s, Gemma was around 50 and Jemma was around 120... Not a lot in it, really... I feel like it's a bit like Eleanor/Elinor, Elliot/Elliott, etc.

I like Gemma. It peaked in the 80s and Emma peaked in the 2000s

There's just a bit more to Jemma/Gemma imo.

It looks like about half the posters here are called Emma waves, depends whether you mind that for your DD?

You wouldn't make Fern the first name?

Fern is rarer but it's a bit......... blunt.

What a shocking show of snobbery on this thread

I'm sticking to my suggestion of Jenna Fern what do you think OP?