Georgia (name)

Georgia

Gender	Female
Language(s)	English, Greek
Origin
Language(s)	English
Meaning	Tiller of the soil, Farmer
Other names
Variant form(s)	Georgiana, Georgina, Giorgia
Related names	George

Georgia is the latinate feminine form of George, after Georgiana or Georgina. The Italian cognate is Giorgia, the Greek is Γεωργία.

Given name

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 (born 1948), American actress
• Georgia May Foote (born 1991), British actress
• Georgia Hale (1905–1985), American actress
• Georgia Henshaw (born 1993), Welsh actress
• Georgia King (born 1986), British actress
• Georgia Moffett (born 1984), English actress
• Georgia Slowe (born 1966), English actress
• Georgia Taylor (born 1980), English actress
• Georgia Vasileiadou (1897–1980), Greek actress

Athletes

• Georgia Bohl (born 1997), Australian swimmer
• Georgia Bonora (born 1990), Australian gymnast
• Georgia Ellinaki (born 1974), Greek water polo player
• Georgia Glastris (born 1992), Greek figure skater
• Georgia Kokloni (born 1981), Greek sprinter
• Georgia Lara (born 1980), Greek water polo player
• Georgia Manoli (born 1983), Greek swimmer
• Georgia Marris (born 1996), New Zealand swimmer
• Georgia Schweitzer (born 1979), American basketball player
• Georgia Tzanakaki (born 1980), Greek volleyball player
• Georgia Walker (born 1998), Australian rules 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 Brown (English singer) (1933–1992)
• Georgia Brown (Brazilian singer) (born 1980)
• Georgia Carroll (born 1919), American singer
• Georgia Gibbs (1919–2006), American singer
• Georgia Lee (born 1922), Australian singer
• 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

Models

• Georgia Frost (born 1990), English model
• Georgia Salpa (born 1985), Model

Politicians

• Georgia Lee Lusk (1893–1971), American politician
• Georgia Davis Powers (1923–2016), American politician

Writers

• Georgia Byng (born 1965), British author
• Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966), American poet

Other

• Georgia of Clermont (died 500), French saint and nun
• Georgia Harkness (1891–1974), American theologian
• Georgia Lass, character played by Ellen Muth on the television series Dead Like Me
• Georgia B. Ridder (1914–2002), American racehorse owner
• Georgia Tann (1891–1950), American operator of black market baby-adoption scheme
• Georgia Thompson (born 1950), American civil servant

See also

• Georgia (disambiguation), for other entities with this name
• George (given name), the male name
• Name of Georgia (country), the nation's name
• Georgina (name), a diminutive of the female name
• Georgette, an alternative feminine form of George
• Georgia George Fayne, a main character in the Nancy Drew series
• Jorja