Name Pemma Gender Feminine Usage Popular Culture (Rare) Pronounced Pron. pem-AH Edit Status Status Added 4/14/2014 by Ora Edited 4/20/2014 by LMS Meaning & History Meaning unknown. A possible variant of EMMA or a diminutive of PAMELA, or possibly derived from the surname Pemma, of unknown meaning or origin. Television actor David Krumholtz and his wife gave this name to his daughter in 2014.