Jemima

Jemima or Jemimah is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin (יְמִימָה or Yemimah) meaning 'dove'. It may refer to:

People

 * Jemima Blackburn (1823–1909), Scottish painter
 * Jemima Boone, daughter of Daniel Boone captured by Indians in 1776—see Capture and rescue of Jemima Boone
 * Jemima Goldsmith (born 1974), English journalist, editor, heiress and activist
 * Jemimah Kariuki, Kenyan doctor
 * Jemima Kirke (born 1985), English-American actress
 * Jemima Montag (born 1998), Australian female racewalker
 * Jemima Morrell (1832–1909), English traveller and illustrator
 * Jemima Nicholas (1755–1832), Welsh woman who captured 12 drunk French soldiers in the Battle of Fishguard, the "last invasion of Britain"
 * Jemima Osunde, Nigerian actress, model and presenter
 * Jemima Parry-Jones (born 1949), British authority on birds of prey, conservationist and author
 * Jemima Rooper (born 1981), English actress
 * Jemima Sumgong (born 1984), Kenyan long-distance runner
 * Jemima von Tautphoeus (1807–1893), Irish novelist
 * Jemima West (born 1987), Anglo-French actress
 * Jemima Wilkinson (1752–1819), American preacher and evangelist
 * Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey (1723–1797)

Biblical and fictional characters

 * Jemima (Bible), daughter of Job
 * Jemima (cat), a character in the musical Cats
 * Jemima, a duck in the children's book The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter
 * Jemima, a doll in the various versions of the television show Play School
 * Jemima Potts, the daughter in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
 * 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
 * Jemima Shore, an investigative journalist in a series of crime novels by Antonia Fraser
 * Aunt Jemima, an advertising character for a food brand
 * Old Aunt Jemima, a blackface minstrel character