Given name
Georgetta
“farmer”·“one who works the earth”
Georgetta connects to the George name family through Georgia. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Georgetta connects to the George name family through Georgia. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
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Where it comes from
Georgetta connects to the George name family through Georgia. George reached English through Old French and Latin from the Greek name Georgios.
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How it developed
Georgetta connects to the George name family through Georgia. The shared background comes through George: Georgios comes from georgos, built from elements meaning “earth” and “to work.” Latin Georgius and Old French forms helped carry it into English.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Georgetta is a variant of Georgia. The history of Georgia gives this family its wider story. Georgia’s historical associations include a 5th-century saint.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Georgetta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,563
- 0 boys · 3,563 girls
- Most popular year
- 1946
- 84 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,703 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,703 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 84 in 1946. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,779 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.
Georgetta’s family of names
Georgetta has a related form in Georgia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Appears in
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