It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Jemima is  dove . Biblical: eldest of the three daughters of Job (see also Keren and Kezia), renowned as the most beautiful women of their time. The name has been recorded from the early 1700s in England.
(Tom Colburn / Houston Chronicle). (R-L) actor Patrick Swayze, his mother Patsy Swayze and his wife Lisa Haapaniemi (aka Niemi) dance at Patsy Swayze's dance studio in Houston in 1978. (Tom Colburn / Houston Chronicle).
Patrick Swayze Dies. Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated Press Patrick Swayze in 2005. Patrick Swayze, the balletically athletic actor who rose to stardom in the films âDirty Dancingâ and âGhostâ and whose 20-month battle with advanced pancreatic cancer drew wide attention, died Monday. He was 57.