Georgiana
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| Georgiana | |
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| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Greek word Γεωργιος, meaning farmer. |
| Other names | |
| Related names | George, Georgia, Georgina |
| Look up Georgiana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Georgiana is an English name. It is the feminine form of the male name George and a variation of the female names Georgina and Georgia. It comes from the Greek word Γεωργιος, meaning farmer.[1]
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[edit] Places
[edit] Persons
[edit] Historical
- Georgiana Keable
- Georgiana Buller (1884–1953)
- Georgiana Drew (1856–1893)
- Georgiana Fullerton (1812–1885)
- Georgiana McCrae (1804–1890)
- Georgiana Molloy (1805–1843)
- Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806)
[edit] Fictional
- Georgiana Darcy, younger sister of one of the main characters in Pride and Prejudice
- Georgiana, mother of Pip the main character in Charles Dickens "Great Expectations"
- Georgiana, wife of Aylmer in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birthmark"
- Georgiana Reid, cousin of Jane Eyre in Charlotte Brontë's novel of the same name.
[edit] Plants
- Wuestneiopsis georgiana
- Occirhenea georgiana
- Quercus georgiana is the Latin name of the Georgia oak[2]
- Aesculus georgiana is the Latin name of the painted buckeye, also called Aesculus sylvatica[3]
[edit] Schools
- Georgiana Molloy Anglican School, a private school located in Busselton, Western Australia
- Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School, a non-profit independent school located in Harvey West, Santa Cruz, California, in the United States
[edit] Ships
- Georgiana (steamboat), a steamboat that operated on the Columbia River from 1914 to 1940
- SS Georgiana, one of the best known American Civil War shipwrecks
- USS Georgiana III (SP-83), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918