Georgia (name)

For the sovereign state's name, see Names of Georgia.

Georgia is a feminine given name originating from the Greek word Γεωργία (Georgía), meaning "agriculture". It shares this origin with the masculine version of the name, George.

Georgia

Gender	Female
Language(s)	English, Greek
Origin
Language(s)	Greek
Other names
Variant form(s)	Georgiana, Georgina, Giorgia
Pet form(s)	Gee, George, Georgie
Related names	George

People

Actresses

• Georgia Apostolou (1973–2016), Greek actress
• Georgia Caine (1876–1964), American actress
• Georgia Cayvan (1857–1906), American actress
• Georgia Ellis (1917–1988), American actress
• Georgia Engel (1948–2019), American actress
• Georgia May Foote (born 1991), British actress
• Georgia Groome (born 1992), British actress
• Georgia Hale (1905–1985), American actress
• Georgia Henshaw (born 1993), Welsh actress
• Georgia King (born 1986), British actress
• Georgia Slowe (born 1966), English actress
• Georgia Steel (born 1998), English actress
• Georgia Taylor (born 1980), English actress
• Georgia Tennant (born 1984), English actress
• Georgia Vasileiadou (1897–1980), Greek actress

Athletes

• Georgia Abatzidou (born 1969), Greek long-distance runner
• Georgia Adams (born 1993), English cricketer
• Georgia Bohl (born 1997), Australian swimmer
• Georgia Bonora (born 1990), Australian gymnast
• Georgia Campbell (1926–2004), American baseball player
• Georgia Dorotheou (born 1980), Greek handball player
• Georgia Downing (born 1999), British trampoline gymnast
• Georgia Ellinaki (born 1974), Greek water polo player
• Georgia Glastris (born 1992), Greek figure skater
• Georgia Kokloni (born 1981), Greek sprinter
• Georgia (Tzina) Lamprousi (born 1993), Greek volleyball player
• Georgia Lara (born 1980), Greek water polo player
• Georgia Manoli (born 1983), Greek swimmer
• Georgia Marris (born 1996), New Zealand swimmer
• Georgia Mullett (born 2005), English association footballer
• Georgia Schweitzer (born 1979), American basketball player
• Georgia Tsiliggiri (born 1972), Greek pole vaulter
• Georgia Tzanakaki (born 1980), Greek volleyball player
• Georgia Walker (born 1998), Australian rules footballer
• Georgia Wilson (field hockey) (born 1996), Australian field hockey player
• Georgia Wilson (equestrian) (born 1995), British para-equestrian
• Georgia Wilson (footballer) (born 2002), English footballer

Artists

• Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986), American artist
• Georgia Papageorge (born 1941), South African artist

Businesswomen

• Georgia Emery (1867–1931), American businesswoman
• Georgia Frontiere (1927–2008), American businesswoman

Musicians

• Georgia Mannion (born 2003), Australian singer-songwriter known professionally as George Alice
• Georgia Barnes (born 1990), British singer known mononymously as Georgia
• Georgia Brown (English singer) (1933–1992)
• Georgia Brown (Brazilian singer) (born 1980)
• Georgia Buchanan (born 1991), English singer and songwriter
• Georgia Carroll (1919–2011), American singer
• Georgia Gibbs (1918–2006), American singer
• Georgia Holt (1926–2022), American singer
• Georgia Hubley (born 1960), percussionist, vocalist, founding member of Yo La Tengo
• Georgia Middleman (born 1967), American country singer
• Georgia Anne Muldrow, American singer and musician
• Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965), Greek composer
• Georgia Turner (1921–1969), American singer
• Georgia White (1903–c.1980), American blues singer

Politicians and civil servants

• Georgia Lee Lusk (1893–1971), American politician
• Georgia Davis Powers (1923–2016), American politician
• Georgia Thompson (born 1950), American civil servant

Writers

• Georgia Byng (born 1965), British author
• Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966), American poet
• Georgia Makhlouf, Lebanese writer
• Georgia Toews, Canadian novelist

Others

• Georgia of Clermont (died 500), French saint and nun
• Georgia Hardstark (born 1980), American television and podcast host
• Georgia Harkness (1891–1974), American theologian
• Georgia May Jobson (1860-1924), American temperance reformer
• Georgia L. McMurray (1934–1992) American administrator and an activist for children, adolescents, and people with disabilities
• Georgia B. Ridder (1914–2002), American racehorse owner
• Georgia Salpa (born 1985), Greek-Irish model
• Georgia Tann (1891–1950), American operator of a black market baby-adoption scheme

Fictional characters

• Georgia Chamberlin, the title character in the ABC Family sitcom, State of Georgia
• Georgia Fayne, better known as George Fayne, a main character in the Nancy Drew series
• Georgia Adyang Ferrer, the main villain in the Filipino drama series Ika-6 Na Utos
• Georgia Lass, played by Ellen Muth on the television series Dead Like Me
• Georgia Riley, six-year-old daughter of protagonist Derek Riley from the 2012 horror movie Daddy's Little Girl

See also

• Georgia (disambiguation), for other entities with this name
• George (given name), the male version of the name
• Georgina (name), a diminutive of the female name
• Georgette (disambiguation), an alternative feminine form of George
• Jorja, a feminine given name