It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Jemima is  dove . Biblical: eldest of the three daughters of Job (see also Keren and Kezia), renowned as the most beautiful women of their time. The name has been recorded from the early 1700s in England.
(Tom Colburn / Houston Chronicle). (R-L) actor Patrick Swayze, his mother Patsy Swayze and his wife Lisa Haapaniemi (aka Niemi) dance at Patsy Swayze's dance studio in Houston in 1978. (Tom Colburn / Houston Chronicle).
Patrick Swayze's wife Lisa Niemi remarries. Patrick Swayze's widow Lisa Niemi is starting a happy new chapter with her wedding to 58-year-old jeweller Albert DePrisco. The celebration took place at Florida's Mar-a-Largo Club in front of about 50 guests. She started dating Albert in 2012 - three years after the death of her adored first husband from pancreatic cancer.