Georgia is a feminine

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originating from the Greek word Γεωργία, meaning agriculture. It shares this origin with the masculine version of the name, George.

Given name

Actresses

* Georgia Groome (born 1992), British Actress *

Georgia Apostolou Georgia Apostolou ( el, Γεωργία Αποστόλου; 5 January 1973 – 12 June 2016) was a Greek actress and fashion model. She was best known for starring in popular TV series such as ''Fili zois'', ''Aliki (TV series), Aliki'', ''Pes to ...

(1973–2016), Greek actress *

Georgia Caine Georgiana Caine (October 30, 1876 – April 4, 1964) was an American actress who performed both on Broadway and in more than 80 films in her 51-year career. Early career Born in San Francisco, California in 1876, the daughter of two Shak ...

(1876–1964), American actress *

Georgia Cayvan Georgie Eva Cayvan (August 22, 1857 – November 19, 1906) was a popular stage actress in the United States in the later part of the nineteenth century. Early life Georgia Cayvan was born at Bath, Maine. She attended and graduated from the ...

(1857–1906), American actress *

Georgia Ellis Georgia Ellis (March 12, 1917 – March 30, 1988) was an American actress who is best known for her recurring role of Kitty in the Western radio drama '' Gunsmoke''. She was the daughter of John R. Hawkins and Blanche E. Sparling. She married ...

(1917–1988), American actress * Georgia Engel (1948–2019), American actress *

Georgia May Foote Georgia May Foote (born 11 February 1991) is an English actress and model. She is best known for playing Alison Simmons in the BBC school drama series ''Grange Hill'' from 2005 to 2008 and Katy Armstrong in the ITV soap opera '' Coronation St ...

(born 1991), British actress *

Georgia Hale Georgia Theodora Hale (June 25, 1900 — June 17, 1985) was an actress of the silent movie era. Career Hale was Miss Chicago 1922 and competed in the Miss America Pageant. She began acting in the early 1920s, and achieved one of her most not ...

(1905–1985), American actress * Georgia Henshaw (born 1993), Welsh actress *

Georgia King Georgia May King (born 18 November 1986) is a Scottish actress. Early life Born in Edinburgh, King is the daughter of actor Jonathan Hyde and opera singer Isobel Buchanan. Career Although King grew up dreaming of being a director, she got her ...

(born 1986), British actress * Georgia Tennant (born 1984), English actress *

Georgia Slowe Georgia Slowe (born 3 June 1966) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Perdita Hyde-Sinclair on the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' from 2006 to 2008. Slowe received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her performance as Ju ...

(born 1966), English actress *

Georgia Taylor Georgia Taylor (born Claire Jackson; 26 February 1980) is an English actress. Her TV roles include Toyah Battersby in the ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'' (1997–2003, 2016–present), Ruth Winters in the BBC One medical drama series ...

(born 1980), English actress * Georgia Vasileiadou (1897–1980), Greek actress * Georgia Steel (born 1998), English actress

Athletes

* Georgia Abatzidou (born 1969), Greek long-distance runner * Georgia Adams (born 1993), English cricketer * Georgia Bohl (born 1997), Australian swimmer * Georgia Bonora (born 1990), Australian gymnast * Georgia Dorotheou (born 1980), Greek handball player * Georgia Ellinaki (born 1974), Greek water polo player * Georgia Glastris (born 1992), Greek figure skater * Georgia Kokloni (born 1981), Greek sprinter * Georgia (Tzina) Lamprousi (born 1993), Greek volleyball player *

Georgia Lara Giouli "Georgia" Lara ( el, Γιούλη Λάρα, born 31 May 1980) is a female Greek water polo player and Olympic silver medalist with the Greece women's national water polo team. She received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olym ...

(born 1980), Greek water polo player *

Georgia Manoli Georgia Manoli ( gr, Γεωργία Μανώλη; born April 23, 1983) is a Greek former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. She is a single-time Olympian (2004), and a member of Olympiakos Athina. Manoli qualified for the women's 4×2 ...

(born 1983), Greek swimmer *

Georgia Marris Georgia Marris (born 15 November 1996) is a New Zealand swimmer. In 2018 she is competing in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 100m butterfly event. Marris was born and grew up on the North Shore, Auckland. She began learning to swim from 6 mon ...

(born 1996), New Zealand swimmer * Georgia Schweitzer (born 1979), American basketball player * Georgia Tsiliggiri (born 1972), Greek pole vaulter *

Georgia Tzanakaki Georgia Tzanaki (born ) is a retired Greek female volleyball player. She was part of the Greece women's national volleyball team. She competed with the national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She won the silver medal at the ...

(born 1980), Greek volleyball player * Georgia Walker (born 1998), Australian rules footballer * Georgia Wilson (born 1996), Australian field hockey player * Georgia Wilson (equestrian) (born 1995), British para-equestrian *

Georgia Wilson (footballer) Georgia Wilson (born 1 February 2002) is an English footballer who plays for Reading in the Women's Championship. Playing career Bristol City On 15 September 2019 Wilson made her senior debut for Bristol City in a 2–0 defeat away to Everton ...

(born 2002), English footballer

Artists

* Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986), American artist *

Georgia Papageorge Georgia Papageorge (born 1941) is a South African installation artist active in the field of earth art. Life A native of Simon's Town, Cape Province, Papageorge earned her bachelor's degree in fine arts from the University of South Africa in Pret ...

(born 1941), South African artist

Businesswomen

Georgia Emery Georgia Emery (1867-1931) was an American businesswoman, known as the "Dean of American Business Women". Biography Emery was born in 1867. She grew up in Galien, Michigan, where she would earn her first job, as a Latin teacher. She would later ...

(1867–1931), American businesswoman * Georgia Frontiere (1927–2008), American businesswoman

Musicians

* Georgia Mannion (born 2003), Australian singer-songwriter known professionally as George Alice * Georgia Barnes (born 1990), British singer known

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ously as Georgia * Georgia Brown (English singer) (1933–1992) *

Georgia Brown (Brazilian singer) Rossana Monti, better known by the stage name Georgia Brown, is an Italian Brazilian singer noted for her extensive vocal range. Career At the age of fifteen, Brown toured as backup vocalist for Brazilian singer Jorge Ben Jor, during his "W Bra ...

(born 1980) * Georgia Buchanan (born 1991), English singer and songwriter * Georgia Carroll (1919–2011), American singer *

Georgia Gibbs Georgia Gibbs (born Frieda Lipschitz; August 17, 1918December 9, 2006) was an American popular singer and vocal entertainer rooted in jazz. Already singing publicly in her early teens, Gibbs achieved acclaim and notoriety in the mid-1950s interp ...

(1918–2006), American singer * Georgia Holt (1926–2022), American 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 * Georgia White (1903–c.1980), American blues singer

Models

Georgia Salpa Georgia Salpa Penna ( el, Γεωργία Σάλπα; born 14 May 1985) is a Greek-Irish glamour model. Personal life Georgia Salpa was born in Athens to an Irish mother and Greek father. When Salpa was five years old, her family moved to Dub ...

(born 1985), Greek-Irish model

Politicians

Georgia Lee Lusk Georgia Lee Witt Lusk (May 12, 1893 – January 5, 1971) was the first female U.S. Congressional representative from New Mexico, an educator, and a devoted public servant. Early life She was born Georgia Lee Witt (her maiden name often shortene ...

(1893–1971), American politician * Georgia Davis Powers (1923–2016), American politician

Writers

* Georgia Byng (born 1965), British author *

Georgia Douglas Johnson Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson, better known as Georgia Douglas Johnson (September 10, 1880 – May 15, 1966), was a poet. She was one of the earliest female African-American playwrights, and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance. ...

(1880–1966), American poet * Georgia Makhlouf, Lebanese writer * Georgia Toews, Canadian novelist

Other

* Georgia of Clermont (died 500), French saint and nun *

Georgia Harkness Georgia Elma Harkness (1891–1974) was an American Methodist theologian and philosopher. Harkness has been described as one of the first significant American female theologians and was important in the movement to legalize the ordination of wome ...

(1891–1974), American theologian * Georgia Lass, character played by Ellen Muth on the television series

Dead Like Me ''Dead Like Me'' is an American comedy-drama television series starring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin as grim reapers who reside and work in Seattle, Washington. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, the show was created by Bryan Fuller f ...

* Georgia B. Ridder (1914–2002), American racehorse owner *

Georgia Tann Beulah George "Georgia" Tann (July 18, 1891 – September 15, 1950), was an American child trafficker who operated the Tennessee Children's Home Society, an adoption agency in Memphis, Tennessee. Tann used the unlicensed home as a front f ...

(1891–1950), American operator of black market baby-adoption scheme * Georgia Thompson (born 1950), American civil servant *

Georgia Hardstark Georgia Hardstark (born June 8, 1980) is an American television host and podcast personality. She is the co-host of the true crime-comedy podcast '' My Favorite Murder'' along with comedian Karen Kilgariff. In 2018, Hardstark and Kilgariff co-foun ...

(born 1980), American television and podcast host * Georgia Day, US State of Georgia commemoration day

Fictional characters

* Georgia George Fayne, a main character in the

Nancy Drew Nancy Drew is a fictional character appearing in several mystery book series, movies, and a TV show as a teenage amateur sleuth. The books are ghostwritten by a number of authors and published under the collective pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Cre ...

series * Georgia Riley, six-year-old daughter of protagonist Derek Riley from the 2012 horror movie ''

Daddy's Little Girl "Daddy's Little Girl" is a classic song typically played at white weddings while a bride dances with her father. The song's lyrics and music were first written by Robert Harrison Burke and Horace Gerlach in 1949. Recordings The song was record ...

'' * Georgia the Guinea Pig Fairy, character from the ''

Rainbow Magic ''Rainbow Magic'' is a British children's fiction brand originally created by Working Partners and now owned by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by Orchard Books. The books are ghostwritten by a number of a ...

'' book franchise * Georgia Adyang Ferrer, the main villain in the Filipino drama series, Ika-6 Na Utos