Baby name

CLASSIC UNISEX · TUPI-BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
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Jurema

/zhoo · REH · mah/


“Unknown”

Brazilian feminine name from the Tupi word for a native thorny tree (Mimosa hostilis) used in indigenous rituals; carries spiritual and ecological resonance.

ju

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.