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As far as I know, Jemima hasn't been popular in the UK. Like other "minor character" Biblical names, it has been used from time to time since Puritan times, but at no time has it achieved the name hit parade. The only person I've heard of with this name is Jemima Khan (formerly Goldsmith), the socialite who was a friend pf Princess Diana. In the satirical magazine "Private Eye" she gets called Jemima Puddleduck after the Beatrix Potter character. I was told there's an Aunt Jemima brand in the USA, but in Britain or Oz we'd think of Jemima Puddleduck. That association makes the name seem rather laughable, though I did see it in a posh London newspaper BA within the past fortnight or so.

This message was edited 12/22/2008, 1:52 PM