Jem (given name)

Jem is a given name, sometimes as a nickname for Jemima, James, Jeremiah, Jeremy or Jemma, and sometimes as an anglicized version of the Turkish name Cem.

Those bearing it include:

Jem Belcher (1781-1811), English bare-knuckle boxer
Jem Cohen, American filmmaker
Jem Finer (born 1955), English musician, artist and composer, a founding member of the Pogues
Jem Karacan, English footballer
Jem Mace (1831-1910), English bare-knuckle boxer
Jem Smith, boxer
Jem Stansfield (born 1975), inventor and television presenter
Jem Ward (1800-1884), English bare-knuckle boxer

Fictional Characters:

Jem Carstairs (1862-) a shadowhunter in Cassandra Clare's novel series 'The Infernal Devices'

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