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).
THE widow of Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze wants to adopt a child. Actress Lisa Niemi says her biggest regret is never being able to have babies with her husband of more than 34 years, who died last September aged 57 after bravely battling pancreatic cancer.