Gemma is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning “bud.” In 2024 it was given to 1,514 girls in the United States.
Gemma at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Italian
Meaning
“bud”
Pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒɛmə/
About the name Gemma
Gemma belongs to the Italian tradition. Its meaning — “bud” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Gemma first appears in Social Security records in 1904. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #177 in 2023, and in 2024 1,514 babies received the name — 24,227 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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