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 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
See also
Emma (given name) Gema (given name) Gemma (surname) Jemma (given name)
References