Given name & surname
Georgiana
Georgiana is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
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. Georgiana is a Latinate form 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
Georgiana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,992
- 0 boys · 9,992 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 172 babies
- 2025
- 153
- #1,418 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +20%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 153 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,418 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 20.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 172 in 1918. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (13). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,979 as a first name in 2020; 201 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.
Georgiana’s family of names
In English usage, Georgiana has a diminutive in Geordie. Georgiana has a related form in Georgia. Georgiana is a Latinate form of Georgia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Georgiana
- Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of DevonshireEnglish socialite, style icon, author, and activist (1757–1806)
- Caroline Fox, 1st Baroness HollandBritish baroness (1723-1774); eldest of the Lennox sisters
- Georgiana Goddard Kingart historian1871–1939
- Georgiana DrewAmerican actress (1856–1893)1854–1893
- Georgiana HoughtonBritish artist and spiritualist medium1814–1884
- Georgiana McCraeEnglish/Australian diarist and painter (1804-1890)
- Georgiana MolloyBritish born Australian botanist and botanical collector (1805-1843)
- Georgiana TeodorescuRomanian politician (born 1985)
- Georgiana FreemanGambian athleteborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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