Gemma

Latin gemma (“jewel”)

Gemma f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – sole species being the amethyst gem clam.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia - class; Autobranchia - subclass; Heteroconchia - superorder; Venerida - order; Veneroidea - superfamily; Veneridae - family

• (genus): Gemma gemma - sole species

• Amethyst gem clam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Veneridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Veneridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gemma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Gemma at Encyclopedia of Life
• Gemma at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Gemma at World Register of Marine Species

• (given name) Jemma

Ultimately from Latin gemma (“jewel”). The given name is mostly borrowed via Italian Gemma; the spelling Jemma in particular is associated with James. Doublet of gemma and gem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛmə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmə

Gemma (plural Gemmas)

1. A female given name from Italian.
   • 1971, Ruth Rendell, No More Dying Then, Random House, published 2009, →ISBN, page 35:

     Gemma. A curious name. He didn't think he had ever come across it before. She would have an outlandish name, either because her equally eccentric parents had labelled her with it or—more likely—she had adopted it herself on the grounds of originality.

   • 1998, Lisa Andrews, Too Late For Love, Robinson Pub., published 1998, →ISBN, page 200:

     Gemma gave him another gushing smile. She wanted to make amends for almost fouling up Blake's deal. "Gemma. What a beautiful name. You are indeed a jewel."

2. (astronomy) A bright binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis; Alpha (α) Coronae Borealis.

• Popular given name in the U.K. in the 1980s and the 1990s.

• → Cebuano: Gemma
• → Tagalog: Gemma

• Megam

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒem.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈd͡ʒem.ma]

Gemma f

1. a female given name from Italian

From English Gemma, from Italian, from Latin gemma (“jewel”). Also from Spanish Gemma.

Gemma

1. a female given name from English [in turn from Latin] or from Spanish

Latin gemma (“jewel”), with identical meaning in Italian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛm.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛmma
• Hyphenation: Gèm‧ma

Gemma f

1. a female given name meaning “gem”

• → Catalan: Gemma
• → English: Gemma, Jemma
  • → Cebuano: Gemma
  • → Tagalog: Gemma

• gamme

Borrowed from English Gemma, from Latin gemma.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒema/ [ˈd͡ʒɛ.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: Ge‧mma

Gemma (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜋ)

1. a female given name from English