Gemma (given name)

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

People with the given name

Female

Gemma Acheampong (born 1993), Gahanaian-American athlete
Gemma Arró (born 1980), Catalan ski mountaineer
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 Bonner (born 1991), English professional footballer
Gemma Booth (born 1974), English photographer
Gemma Cairney (born 1985), English television and radio presenter
Gemma Calvert, British neuroscientist
Gemma Chan (born 1982), British actress
Gemma Collins (born 1981), English media personality and businesswoman
Gemma Correll (born 1984), British cartoonist and illustrator
Gemma Cowling, Australian model
Gemma Craven (born 1950), Irish actress
Gemma Cruz-Araneta (born 1943), Filipino writer and director
Gemma Cuervo (1934–2026), Spanish actress
Gemma Davies (born 1991), English football manager
Gemma D'Arcy (1983–1990), British leukemia sufferer
Gemma Donati (1265–after 1333), wife of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri
Gemma Doyle (politician) (born 1981), British politician
Gemma Dryburgh (born 1993), Scottish professional golfer
Gemma Dudley (born 1990), New Zealand female track cyclist
Gemma Etheridge (born 1986), Australian rugby union player
Gemma Evans (journalist), British television presenter
Gemma Fay (born 1981), Scottish footballer
Gemma Figtree, Australian cardiologist and professor of medicine
Gemma Flynn (born 1990), New Zealand field hockey player
Gemma Frizelle (born 1998), British rhythmic gymnast
Gemma Font (born 1999), Spanish professional footballer
Gemma Fox, English singer-songwriter
Gemma Galdón-Clavell (born 1976), Spanish technology policy analyst
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 Galli (born 1996), Italian synchronised swimmer
Gemma Garrett (born 1981), Northern Irish beauty pageant contestant
Gemma Geis (born 1979), Catalan politician
Gemma Gibbons (born 1987), British judoka
Gemma Gili (born 1994), Spanish footballer
Gemma Grainger (born 1982), English football manager
Gemma Griffiths, Zimbabwean singer-songwriter
Gemma Hayes (born 1977), Irish singer-songwriter
Gemma Hayter (1982–2010), English murder victim
Gemma Hickey (born 1976), Canadian LGBTQ+ rights activist, author, and political candidate
Gemma Houghton (born 1993), Australian rules footballer
Gemma Howell (born 1990), British judoka
Gemma Hunt (born 1982), English children's TV presenter
Gemma Hussey (1938–2024), Irish politician
Gemma Jackson (born 1951), British production designer
Gemma Jones (born 1942), English actress
Gemma Lagioia (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
Gemma Lavender (born 1986), British astronomer, author, and journalist
Gemma Lienas (born 1951), Spanish writer, feminist activist, and politician
Gemma Magría (born 1981), Spanish taekwondo champion
Gemma McCluskie (1983–2012), English actress
Gemma Mengual (born 1977), Catalan synchronised swimmer
Gemma Narisma (1972–2021), Filipina climate researcher
Gemma Nelson (born 1984), English mixed media painter
Gemma New (born 1986), New Zealand orchestral conductor
Gemma Newman, British medical doctor and nutritionist
Gemma Nierga (born 1965), Spanish journalist
Gemma Oaten (born 1984), English actress
Gemma O'Doherty (born 1968), Irish far-right activist and conspiracy theorist
Gemma Peacocke, composer from New Zealand
Ġemma Portelli (1932–2008), Maltese actress
Gemma Pranita (born 1985), Australian actress
Gemma Ray, British songwriter and film composer
Gemma Richardson (born 2001), English professional boxer
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 Spofforth (born 1987), English competitive swimmer
Gemma Taccogna (1923–2007) Italian-born American and Mexican visual artist
Gemma Tattersall (born 1985), British Olympic rider
Gemma Triay (born 1992), Spanish professional padel player from Menorca
Gemma Tumelty (born 1980), British political and student activist
Gemma Ward (born 1987), Australian model
Gemma Whelan (born 1981), English actress and comedian
Gemma Wollenschlaeger (born 2003), American Paralympic rower

Male

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

People with the nickname

Gemma Jones (born 1942), English actress

Fictional characters

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
Gemma Beauregard, in the Jae Harlow webcomic Legends of Vithra
DSU Gemma Garland, the antagonist of British thriller The Capture

References

↑ "Name: Gemma". babynames.com.
↑ "Name: Gemma". Nameberry.com.
↑ "Name: Gemma". Behindthename.com.
↑ "Gemma". Name: Gemma. Oxford Reference. January 2006. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
↑ "Popular Baby Names From The UK Archives". Huffpost.com. 2 March 2018.

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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.