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Gemma is an Italian female name, of Latin origin, meaning "bud" or "precious stone".[1][2][3][4] The name has been amongst the most popular in England and Scotland during the 1980s.[5]

People with the given name

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Female

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  • Gemma Arterton (born 1986), English actress
  • Gemma Atkinson (born 1984), English actress and model
  • Gemma Beadsworth (born 1987), Australian water polo player
  • Gemma Bissix (born 1983), English actress
  • Gemma Bond (born 1982), English ballet dancer
  • Gemma Booth (born 1974), English photographer
  • Gemma Chan (born 1982), British actress
  • Gemma Collins (born 1981), English media personality and businesswoman
  • Gemma Cowling, Australian model
  • Gemma Craven (born 1950), Irish actress
  • Gemma Davies (born 1991), English football manager
  • Gemma Donati (1265–after 1333), wife of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri
  • Gemma Doyle (politician) (born 1981), British politician
  • Gemma Frizelle (born 1998), British rhythmic gymnast
  • Gemma Galgani or Saint Gemma of Lucca (1878–1903), Italian mystic with signs of stigmata, venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as a saint
  • Gemma Geis (born 1979), Catalan politician
  • Gemma Griffiths, Zimbabwean singer-songwriter
  • Gemma Hayes (born 1977), Irish singer-songwriter
  • Gemma Houghton (born 1993), Australian rules footballer
  • Gemma Hunt (born 1982), English children's TV presenter
  • Gemma Jackson (born 1951), British production designer
  • Gemma Mengual (born 1977), Catalan synchronised swimmer
  • Gemma Peacocke, composer from New Zealand
  • Gemma Royo (born 1975), Spanish rhythmic gymnast
  • Gemma Sanderson (born 1983), Australian model and the winner of Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 1
  • Gemma Sena Chiesa (1929–2024), Italian archaeologist
  • Gemma Smith (born 1978), Australian painter and sculptor
  • Gemma Taccogna (1923–2007) Italian-born American and Mexican visual artist
  • Gemma Ward (born 1987), Australian model
  • Gemma Whelan (born 1981), English actress and comedian
  • Gemma Wollenschlaeger (born 2003), American Paralympic rower

Male

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  • Gemma Frisius (1508–1555), Frisian mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker

People with the nickname

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  • Gemma Jones (born 1942), English actress

Fictional characters

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  • Gemma, in the first series of the Sky One supernatural TV series Hex
  • Gemma, in the children's Hospital Radio series The Space Gypsy Adventures
  • Gemma, in the 2023 science-fiction horror film M3GAN
  • Gemma Ball, in the television series Shameless
  • Gemma Bovery, in the film Gemma Bovery
  • Gemma Doyle, heroine of Libba Bray's novels A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far Thing; see List of Gemma Doyle Trilogy characters
  • Gemma Foster, the main character in the British series Doctor Foster
  • Gemma Larson, in the ABC series Grey's Anatomy
  • Gemma Teller Morrow, in the FX TV series Sons of Anarchy
  • Gemma Nerrick, in the Netflix mockumentaries Death to 2020 and Death to 2021
  • Gemma Palmer, in Solo, a British sitcom
  • Gemma Reeves, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
  • Gemma Scout, a character from the Apple TV+ series Severance
  • Gemma T., in the Stephen King novel Doctor Sleep
  • Gemma Warren, heroine of the 1897 novel The Gadfly
  • Gemma Winter, in the British soap opera Coronation Street

See also

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  • All pages with titles beginning with Gemma
  • Emma (given name)
  • Gema (given name)
  • Gemma (surname)
  • Jemma (given name)

References

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  1. ^ "Name: Gemma". babynames.com.
  2. ^ "Name: Gemma". Nameberry.com.
  3. ^ "Name: Gemma". Behindthename.com.
  4. ^ "Gemma". Name: Gemma. Oxford Reference. January 2006. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
  5. ^ "Popular Baby Names From The UK Archives". Huffpost.com. 2 March 2018.
Name listThis page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gemma_(given_name)&oldid=1320595953" Categories:
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