MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Jema mean?
Jema is a regional eastern Indian name connected with the Odia designation for a royal daughter. It belongs to the same naming vocabulary as Jemamani, where maṇi adds the image of a jewel.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जेमा
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଜେମା
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Jema in Indian usage
16,378 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (90.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 14,883 records (90.9%).
- Recorded as male: 1,495 records (9.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 490 |
| 1940s | 1,223 |
| 1950s | 2,098 |
| 1960s | 2,905 |
| 1970s | 3,517 |
| 1980s | 3,448 |
| 1990s | 2,558 |
| Other decades | 139 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Jharkhand | 7,591 |
| Odisha | 5,868 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,405 |
| Rajasthan | 1,046 |
| Bihar | 125 |
| Maharashtra | 119 |
| Other states | 224 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001