Jemmy (given name)

Jemmy is a male (seldom female) given name. It is a diminutive form of the given name James and Jimena.

Jemmy

Pronunciation	/ˈdʒɛmi/
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	"He may/will/shall follow/heed/seize by the heel/watch/guard/protect”, "Supplanter/Assailant", "May God protect" or "May he protect"
Other names
Related names	Jimmy, James, Jim, Jimena

Although popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, the name has generally fallen into disuse, with its close relative Jimmy being the preferred option.

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