Given name & surname
Georgia
“farmer”·“one who works the earth”
In English use, Georgia is a feminine form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Original GreekΓεωργία
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Georgia is a feminine form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
Georgia is used as a feminine counterpart of George. In English use, Georgia is a feminine form of George. 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
The name’s historical associations include a 5th-century saint.
Georgia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 167,019
- 729 boys · 166,290 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 2,619 babies
- 2025
- 2,619
- #99 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +48%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 2,619 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 99 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 48.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (254). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 76,256 as a first name in 2020; 1,061 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Georgia’s family of names
In English usage, Georgia has a diminutive in George. In English usage, Georgia developed from the Ancient Greek form Γεώργιος. Georgia has a related form in Georgina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Georgia has relatives in 19 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Georgia comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 31
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Georgediminutive · English
- Giaclipped form · English
- Georginavariant
- Georgievariant
- Georgianavariant
- Gigivariant
- Giorgiavariant · Italian
- Georgiannavariant
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- Georgettevariant
- Giorginavariant
- Geordiediminutive · English
- Georgettavariant
- Georgeinavariant
- Georginevariant
- Georgiannevariant
- Georgenevariant
- Georgenavariant
- Georgeannevariant
- Georgeannvariant
- Georggialikely variant
- Doddiminutive · Scots
- Geegeevariant
- Georjettevariant
- Georgejeanvariant
- Georgittevariant
- Giorgynavariant
- Georgyanavariant
- Georgyannevariant
- Georgyannvariant
- Georginahvariant
- Georgiennevariant
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Georgia
- Georgia O'KeeffeAmerican modernist artist (1887–1986)
- Georgia StanwayEnglish association football playerborn 1999
- Georgia EngelAmerican actress (1948–2019)
- Georgia HaleAmerican silent film actress (1905–1985)1900–1985
- Georgia TennantEnglish actressborn 1984
- Georgia Taylor-BrownBritish triathleteborn 1994
- Georgia Hunter BellBritish athleteborn 1993
- Georgia Colemandiver1912–1940
- Georgia May JaggerBritish-American fashion model and designerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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