Lemma

Where Lemma comes from

The dictionaries list Lemma as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1840
    Lemma Barkeloo born
    American lawyer
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1882
    Peak, #813
    6 babies named Lemma — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1970
    Lemma Megersa born
    Ethiopian politician
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Lemma Megersa · Ethiopian politician, born 1970
  • Lemma Barkeloo · American lawyer, 1840–1870
  • Lemma Guya · Ethiopian artist, 1928–2020

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.