Jemmy is a usually masculine given name. It is often short for James or Jimena.
Although popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, the name has declined in popularity.
People Male Jemmy Botting (1783–1837), hangman at Newgate Prison Jemmy Button (c. 1815–1864), a native Fuegian Jemmy Cato, leader of the Stono Rebellion in 1739 Jemmy Dean (1816–1881), English professional cricketer Jemmy Grimshaw (1846–1889), British jockey Jemmy Hirst (1738–1829), English eccentric Jemmy Hope (1764–1847), Irish radical democrat Jemmy Moore (1839–1890), Australian cricketer Jemmy Shaw, promoter of dog fighting and rat-baiting contests Jemmy Wood (1756–1836), owner of the Gloucester Old Bank Female Jemmy van Hoboken (1900–1962), Dutch painter
See also Jemmy, or crowbar, a lever consisting of a metal bar with a single curved end James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1736–1802), English politician, called by his opponents "Jemmy Grasp-all" John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718–1792), also known as Jemmy Twitcher, British statesman and the eponymous inventor of the sandwich