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JEMIMA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical, English

Other Scripts: יְמִימָה (Hebrew)

Pronounced: jə-MIE-mə (English)   [key]

Means "dove" in Hebrew. This was the oldest of the three daughters of Job in the Old Testament. As an English name, Jemima first became common during the Puritan era.
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