Gemma is an Italian female name, of Latin origin, meaning "gem" 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 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 di Manetto Donati, the wife of medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri
Gemma Doyle (politician) (born 1981), British Labour Party 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 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 Jones (born 1942), English actress Gemma Mengual (born 1977), Catalan synchronised swimmer Gemma Peacocke, composer from New Zealand Gemma Sanderson (born 1983), Australian model and the winner of Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 Gemma Smith (born 1978), Australian painter and sculptor Gemma Ward (born 1987), Australian model Gemma Whelan (born 1981), English actress and comedian
Male
Gemma Frisius (1508–1555), Frisian mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker
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 sci-fi horror film M3GAN
Gemma Ball, a character in the television series Shameless
Gemma Bovery, a character 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, a character in the ABC series Grey’s Anatomy Gemma Nerrick, a character in the Netflix mockumentaries Death to 2020 and Death to 2021 Gemma Palmer, played by Felicity Kendal in Solo, a British sitcom Gemma Reeves, a character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours Gemma T., a character in the Stephen King novel Doctor Sleep Gemma Teller Morrow, a character in the FX TV series Sons of Anarchy Gemma Warren, heroine of the 1897 novel The Gadfly Gemma Winter, a character from the British soap opera Coronation Street
See also
Gema (given name) Emma (given name) Jemma (given name) Gemma (surname)
