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I've always liked Jemima, and as time passes I find I am liking it more. What do you think of it? Is it really tainted beyond use in the U.S. due to the Aunt Jemima character, and if so, would it still be considered so awful as a middle name?

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I don't plan to relocate to America, but I also would like to avoid ever using any name seen as so funny in the first name spot if I could help it. Unpopular, sure, but not with specific negative ties.

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I've pulled up the uses of Jemima in recent years from the London Telegraph:

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Jemima up front:

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Jemima Esmé Annabel
Jemima Ella Phoebe
Jemima Grace x6
Jemima Florence Mabel
Jemima Daisy Ophelia
Jemima Patricia Antoinette
Jemima Beatrice Josephine
Jemima Kezia
Jemima Emily Alexandra
Jemima Alice India
Jemima Edith Marie
Jemima Daisy x2
Jemima Rose x8
Jemima Honey Frances
Jemima Louise
Jemima Nancy
Jemima Violet Julia
Jemima Rose Morton
Jemima Verity
Jemima Elizabeth Alice
Jemima Elizabeth Mary
Jemima Annabel
Jemima Lamorna
Jemima Fleur
Jemima Juliet
Jemima May x2
Jemima Mary
Jemima Elisabeth Anna
Jemima Elizabeth Esma
Jemima Marny Corry
Jemima Alexandra Rose
Jemima Harriet Bruce
Jemima Tilly Alice
Jemima Ann
Jemima Marie
Jemima Louise Emilie
Jemima Dora
Jemima Olivia
Jemima Annabel India
Jemima Mary Daisy
Jemima Hope
Jemima Anna Rose
Jemima Louise Alicia
Jemima Mary Draffan
Jemima Elizabeth Rose
Jemima Penelope
Jemima Edith
Jemima Kate
Jemima Gillian Anne
Jemima Josephine Heather
Jemima Elizabeth x2
Jemima Eliza
Jemima Jane
Jemima Flora
Jemima Emma Maxwell
Jemima Caroline
Jemima Emily
Jemima Alice x3
Jemima Ismay Gillian
Jemima Sarah Gwyneth
Jemima Avearii Rose
Jemima Constance
Jemima Loveday
Jemima Rose Hamilton
Jemima Imogen Alice
Jemima Lily
Jemima Rosamund
Jemima Daisy Hawthorne
Jemima Dimity Margaret
Jemima Catherine
Jemima Mary Tryphosa
Jemima Annabel
Jemima Faye
Jemima Beatrice Margaret
Jemima Willa Kathleen
Jemima Isobel
Jemima Molly
Jemima Anna
Jemima Charlotte
Jemima Isabella Frances
Jemima Daphne Angela
Jemima Juno Hawthorne
Jemima Brooke
Jemima Maria Rose
Jemima Victoria
Jemima Jane Rose
Jemima Joy

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Jemima in the middle:

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Ella Jemima
Lily Isabella Jemima
Grace Jemima
Daisy Florence Jemima
Perdie Jemima Ramply
Poppy Jemima
Nancy Jemima
Daisy Jemima x2
Amelie Jemima x2
Sophie Jemima x2
Georgina Jemima Antonia
Lucy Jemima Daisy
Kitty Jemima Emery
Tilly Jemima Culliford
Henrietta Jemima Darcy
Rebecca Katie Jemima
Alicia Mary Jemima
Clementine Jemima Rose
Holly Lucinda Jemima
Cara Jemima
Maisy Jemima
Phoebe Jemima
Octavia Alice Jemima
Isabella Rose Jemima
Lily Jemima

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Do you particularly like any of these? I like the idea of Jemima paired with something not floral or particularly frilly myself, like Jemima Victoria.