Jama
[ˈdʒɑːmə]Meaning
from the Arabic and Islamic surname جامع, meaning "gatherer"
Background Story
A user-submitted entry records Jama as a given name in Arabic, where it is masculine, and in Modern English, where it is feminine. The name comes from the Arabic and Islamic surname, from جامع, meaning "gatherer". In Finnish, the western origin is from jama through place names, and the eastern origin probably from jaama.
Temperament
Related Names
Isel
Recorded as a given name in Nahuatl and Dutch
Jaira
No documented meaning; recorded as a feminine given name in Mexican Spanish
Jako
Recorded as a masculine given name in Estonian and a rare feminine given name in Armenian
Jena
A diminutive of Jennifer
Jess
Diminutive of Jessica, originally from Hebrew meaning 'to behold' or 'to see'.
Joel
From the Hebrew name יוֹאֵל (Yoʾel), meaning "Yahweh is God"
Jora
No meaning is documented in the sources checked
Josh
Derived from the Hebrew name Yeshua, meaning 'to deliver' or 'to rescue.'
Jude
Variant of Judas, from the Hebrew name Yehuda
Juno
Roman goddess of marriage and queen of the gods; also used as a given name in French and Italian