Jemima or
Jemimah ( ) is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin (
or ) meaning 'dove'.
It may refer to:
People
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Jemima Blackburn (1823–1909), Scottish painter
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Jemima Boone, daughter of Daniel Boone captured by Indians in 1776—see Capture and rescue of Jemima Boone
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Jemima Goldsmith (born 1974), English journalist, editor, heiress and activist
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Jemimah Kariuki, Kenyan doctor
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Jemima Kirke (born 1985), English-American actress
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Jemima Montag (born 1998), Australian female Olympic racewalker
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Jemima Morrell (1832–1909), English traveller and illustrator
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Jemima Nicholas (1755–1832), Welsh woman who captured 12 drunk French soldiers in the Battle of Fishguard, the "last invasion of Britain"
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Jemima Osunde, Nigerian actress, model and presenter
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Jemima Parry-Jones (born 1949), British authority on birds of prey, conservationist and author
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Jemima Rooper (born 1981), English actress
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Jemima Sumgong (born 1984), Kenyan long-distance runner
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Jemima von Tautphoeus (1807–1893), Irish novelist
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Jemima West (born 1987), Anglo-French actress
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Jemima Wilkinson (1752–1819), American preacher and evangelist
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Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey (1723–1797)
Biblical and fictional characters
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Jemima (Bible), daughter of Job
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Jemima (cat), a character in the musical Cats
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Jemima, a duck in the children's book The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter
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Jemima, a doll in the various versions of the television show Play School
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Jemima Potts, the daughter in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Jemima "Jed" Marshall, the villain's mistress in the novel The Night Manager by John le Carré and on the British TV mini-series of the same name
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Jemima Shore, an investigative journalist in a series of crime novels by Antonia Fraser
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Aunt Jemima, an advertising character for a food brand
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Old Aunt Jemima, a blackface minstrel character
