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any other jems?

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bec232 · 29/06/2010 21:49

hi i called my ds jem after a character in jamaica inn-just wondered if anyone else knew someone called jem? also i am pregnant and want another name starting with j -slightly unusual any ideas?
thanks

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Jamieandhismagictorch · 29/06/2010 21:52

I know one. Named after Jem in To Kill A Mockingbird. I like it.

Are we talking boy or girl name ?

sunchild77 · 29/06/2010 21:53

Dont know any male Jems, but several female Jem's as in short for Jemma
Other names:-

Jethro
Jezabel
Jules
Johann (a)
Jinty
Jewel

emmyloo2 · 29/06/2010 22:19

I like Jem for a boy although I don't any.

neolara · 29/06/2010 22:24

My ds is a Jem, after To Kill a Mockingbird. I've met two other little Jems.

LaRagazzaInglese · 29/06/2010 22:40

I knew a male Jan

Jonty
Jiminy
Jerad
Joss
Jean

coffeefestival · 29/06/2010 22:46

A few names starting with J

Boys:

Jacob/Jake
Jasper
Javier
Judah/Jude
Julius
Joshua
Jerome
Josiah
Jared
Jago

Girls:

Juliet
Jaqueline
Jana
Julia
Julianna
June
Joy
Jennifer
Josephine
Jessica

eastendmummy · 29/06/2010 22:47

I had a boyfriend called Jem. Fab name and not common

funnysinthegarden · 29/06/2010 22:47

Like Jago, and always rather have.

SherbetDibDab · 29/06/2010 22:48

I had a relative called Jenkyn but the family called him Jink. Quite like that.

mathanxiety · 29/06/2010 23:27

I like Jago and Jude too, also
Judah
Jarlath
Jerome
Julius
Julian
Johah
Jonas
Job
Joab
Johann
Jedidiah
Jebidiah
Justi ce
Joash

and all the girls on CoffeeFestival's list, with the exception of Jessica.

SE13Mummy · 29/06/2010 23:58

I know an 8-year-old boy named Jem.

discombobulation · 30/06/2010 09:27

I really like Jeremy nn Jem if I ever have a DS

coffeefestival · 30/06/2010 10:13

Jeremiah would be a nice "long version" of Jem.

tomhayley · 30/06/2010 10:29

i really like jem..very soft ,had been thinking of it too for our baby(due in two weeks now). sounds like you can recommend it?
how about jared, jay, joe
or juliana, june, jane....

Hedwig3 · 30/06/2010 13:05

Only 1 and it is short for Jeremy.

iskra · 30/06/2010 15:26

I know one Jem, short for Jeremy. I love it. I met a two year old Jem at the airport last year but that's the only other encounter.

Fontella · 30/06/2010 15:41

My ex is a Jem. Jem by name, definitely not a Gem by nature I'm afraid.

LadyCressida · 30/06/2010 15:52

I have always loved Jem as a name for a boy (probably from that book too!)

How about

Joel
Joss
Jude

bec232 · 30/06/2010 16:06

thanks all for taking the time to reply-yep i can definately recommend jem as a name, everyone always stops to ask me why i called him it though thanks for all the suggestions as well really like jude or maybe jaden for a boy-jago is a new one but i really like that too! actually having much more trouble finding girls names i like y mum gave both me and my brother names beginning with r so really want to carry that on-despite the annoying fact we have the same initials

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FoghornLeghorn · 30/06/2010 16:11

I'm a Jem, but I am a girl and it's short for boring old Jemma

Sal321 · 30/06/2010 21:39

I have always wanted a DS called Jem as I loved the character in Jamaica Inn. I assume it is short for James, but not sure.

janeite · 30/06/2010 21:47

I like Jem and Jude? Jaden is not nice imho.

janeite · 30/06/2010 21:47

Ignore the ? - not sure where that came from! I am not Australian.

mathanxiety · 01/07/2010 00:48

Jocelyn
Jade
Jasmine
Jessamy
Jolanta
Josefa
Josette
Josie
Juno
Jonquil

proudfoot · 01/07/2010 02:43

I knew a Jem short for Jeremy. Nice name.

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