Given name & surname
Geo
“earth”
Geo is a feminine given name from Spanish. It is used in Spanish.
Original SpanishGeorgina
Meaning & origin
What it means
Geo goes back to Ancient Greek γαῖα, meaning “earth.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Geo is a diminutive of Georgina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Geo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,324
- 1,308 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 56 babies
- 2025
- 40
- #3,054 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +110%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 40 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,054 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 110.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,285 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Geo’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Geo is a diminutive of Georgina. In Danish usage, Geo has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Jerzy.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Geo
- Geo BogzaRomanian writer, surrealist, dissident (1908–1993)
- Geo Saizescuactor, film director1932–2013
- Geo MenesesMexican singer and producerborn 1974
- Geo WidengrenSwedish historian and academic (1907–1996)
- Geo von LengerkeGerman engineer, merchant and colonialist1827–1882
- Geo Da SilvaRomanian DJborn 1976
- Geo WyethVisual artist (born 1984)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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