Baby name
CLASSIC
🇧🇷 Jurema
/zhoo · REH · mah/
Meaning
“Unknown”
Brazilian feminine name from the Tupi word for a native thorny tree (Mimosa hostilis) used in indigenous rituals; carries spiritual and ecological resonance.
Nicknames
ju
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Deeply Brazilian and spiritually layered; unusual outside Brazil but carries real meaning.
The cultural moment.
Used in Brazil throughout the 20th century; associated with Afro-Brazilian and indigenous spiritual traditions.