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I was literally named after Jem and the Holograms (Jerrica) and my mum calls me Jem so I'm obviously used to it as a girls name lol.
I think that if you use Gem as an actual first name you would want to pair it with a longer middle name (or perhaps your last name is long. Some suggestions are:

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Gem Arianna
Gem Aubrey
Gem Avery
Gem Elizabeth
Gem Imogen

I LOVE Gem, just Gem. I feel like it's too, I dunno, commercial, or self conscious, or something, on it's own. So Im constantly trying to come up with ways to use it as a NN. My favorite currently is Jane- Emily "Jem," but I still like Gem better. It's glamourous but earthy and to-the-point.

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I think if I were to witness it in real life (on a person, because I've seen it on 2 dogs) I'd be more inclined to take it more seriously. I feel like my last inquisitions of this name my have tainted my view to the negative side. No one ever seemed to love it as much as I did :(

This message was edited 1/23/2015, 12:18 AM

Gem (or Jem) sounds like a boys name to me. I can't really imagine it on a girl. But I might get used to it. Possible combinations:

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Gem Harriet
Gem Nicola
Gem Lucia
Gem Annamaria

It's pretty.

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Possible combos:

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Gem Margaret
Gem Adeline
Gem Susanna
Gem Lilian
Gem Brunhilda
Gem Isidora
Gem Rowena

I think it works. It seems like a valid nature name to me along the lines of Ruby or Opal. The spelling Jem would make me assume male, so I prefer Gem to Jem for a female.

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It would also work as a middle name! But I really think it's usable as a first.

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Gem Adelaide
Gem Elizabeth
Gem Katrine

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Usable. I worked with someone called Gem once. Hers was actually short for Gemini - one of the more unusual names I've come across - but she was always called Gem. I just had a look at stats here for it and it's been used more on boys than girls, but it seems fairly unisex to me:
Gem Alexandra
Gem Rebecca
Gem Lucy
Charlotte Gem
Frances Gem
Marianne Gem

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I like lots of single-syllable names in the first slot, but I enjoy them paired with longer-syllable middles and surnames. Gem Smithington sounds much better to me than does Gem Smith so, for a short surname, I would put it in the middle slot unless I loved it more than any other name and couldn't stand not to use it.

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As for Gem itself, I think it's alright. It doesn't feel near as nicknamish to me as would Jen. I think that must be because it's also a word; I pick up both "nature" and sort of abstract "virtue" associations ("she's a real gem"). The rock star doll/show only barely registers on my flashback radar, and only because you mention it.

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Gem Cordelia
Gem Timothea
Gem Antonia
Gem Eudora
Gem Winifred
Gem Raphaelle / Raphaela
Gem Paulina
Gem Helena
Gem Felicity
Gem Dorothea
Gem Catriona
Gem Audrea
Gem Alexandra
Gem Wilhelmina

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I prefer Gemma, but it's because the Swedish word gem means paper clip (although then it sounds more like "game").
I prefer Gem as a nn for Gemma. Maybe it could work as a middle name, too.

It's alright for a middle name. For a first name, I don't hate it with a passion but I'm not sure if I like it or not.

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As a middle name, Gem can work (for me) with:
Marion Gem
Laurie Gem
Anna Gem
Lora Gem
Tamaki Gem -> one meaning of Tamaki is 'precious gem' (珠貴) from 珠 "gem, jewel, peark" & 貴 "esteem, honour, precious, prize, value", so it can work because of the similarity of meanings on both names.

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As a first name, it can work with:
Gem Andrea
Gem Lianne
Gem Louise
Gem Ophelia
Gem Tristine

Usable (my definition of usable is really really broad, though).
I don't like it as it feels pretty tacky to me.
Definitely better as a middle name.

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If I had to:
Mattea Gem
Yolanda Gem
Juniper Gem
Camilla Gem
Gem Alessandra
Gem Josephine
Gem Aviva

I like for a middle name! It seems a little lacking as a first name but I think it would make for a cool middle name. I'm kind of digging Margot Gem, and I don't like Margot that much. Or Caroline Gem.

No reason why not, really.People are called Jewell. I went to school with a girl named Jewell.

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Perhaps best as a middle name, but could be a first name.

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Gem Danielle.
Gem Suzanne.