Georgiana is a Catalan, English, Greek and Romanian name. It is the feminine form of the male name George and a variation of the female names Georgina and

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

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Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

word (), meaning "farmer".Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Georgiana
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List of persons with the given name Georgiana

* Georgiana Astley (1796–1835), English daughter of Sir Henry Dashwood, MP * Georgiana Birțoiu (born 1989), Romanian footballer * Georgiana Blankenship (1861–1936), American writer * Georgiana Bloomfield, Baroness Bloomfield (1822–1905), British courtier and author * Georgiana Bonser (1898–1979), British physician *

Georgiana Buller Dame Audrey Charlotte Georgiana Buller (4 August 1884 – 22 June 1953) was a British hospital administrator and the founder of the first school dedicated to occupational therapy in the United Kingdom. Buller was born in Crediton, Devon, the o ...

(1884–1953), English hospital administrator * Georgiana Burne-Jones (1840–1920), artist, wife and biographer of Edward Burne-Jones *

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer; ; 7 June 1757 – 30 March 1806), was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family, married into the Cavendish family, she wa ...

(1757–1806) * Georgiana Chatterton (1806–1876), English aristocrat, traveler, and author *

Georgiana Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley Georgiana Charlotte Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley ( ; 7 August 1764 – 23 June 1838), formerly Lady Georgiana Charlotte Bertie, was the wife of George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley. She was the daughter of Peregri ...

, (1764–1838) *Lady Georgiana Curzon (1910–1976), English socialite * Georgiana Fanny Shipley Daniell (1836–1894), British philanthropist *

Georgiana Drew Georgiana Emma Drew (July 11, 1856 – July 2, 1893), Georgie Drew Barrymore, was an American stage actress and comedian and a member of the Barrymore acting family. Life and career Georgiana Drew was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her fa ...

(1856–1893), American actress and comedian, a member of the Barrymore acting family * Lady Georgiana Fullerton (1812–1885), English novelist, philanthropist, and biographer * Georgiana Harcourt (1807–1886), writer and translator * Georgiana Finch-Hatton, Countess of Winchilsea, (1791–1835) * Georgiana Hill (1858-1924), British social historian and women's rights activist * Georgiana Klingle Holmes (1841–1940), American poet and painter * Georgiana Houghton (1814–1884), British artist and spiritualist medium * Georgiana Burne-Jones (1840–1920), British painter and engraver * Georgiana Keate (1771 (probably)–1850), English painter * Georgiana Goddard King (1871–1939), American Hispanist and medievalist * Georgiana Leicester, Baroness de Tabley (1794–1859), English aristocrat * Georgiana Lobonț (born 1994), Romanian singer * Georgiana McCrae (1804–1890), English-Australian painter and diarist * Georgiana Molloy (1805–1843), English-Australian botanical collector * Georgiana Hare-Naylor (1755–1806), English painter and art patron * Georgiana Rolls, Baroness Llangattock (c.1837–1923), socialite and enthusiast for Nelson * Georgiana Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1781–1853), British aristocrat and patron of the arts * Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (1809–1884) * Georgiana Simpson (1865–1944), African-American philologist * Georgiana Solomon (1844–1933), British educator and campaigner * Georgiana Somerset, Marchioness of Worcester (1792–1821) * Georgiana Spencer, Countess Spencer (1737–1814), English philanthropist * Georgiana Teodorescu (born 1985), Romanian politician * Georgiana Young (1924–2007), American actress * Georgiana Zornlin (1800–1881), English artist and writer

Fictional characters

* Georgiana Darcy, younger sister of one of the main characters in ''

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'' * Georgiana Pirrip, the mother of Pip in Charles Dickens‘s "Great Expectations" * Georgiana, wife of Aylmer in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birthmark" * Georgiana Reed, cousin of Jane Eyre in Charlotte Brontë's novel of the same name.

Dramatic works

*''Georgiana'' (2019), an

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pasticcio In music, a ''pasticcio'' or ''pastiche'' is an opera or other musical work composed of works by different composers who may or may not have been working together, or an adaptation or localization of an existing work that is loose, unauthorized, ...

'' based on the life of

(1757–1806) commissioned by the Buxton Festival.

Territories

*Georgiana, a colony proposed by Phineas Lyman for establishment in the Natchez district of

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List of persons with the given name Georgianna

* Georgianna Bell, a pen name of the author Anne Rundle *

Georgianna Bishop Georgianna Millington Bishop (October 15, 1878 – September 1, 1971) was an American amateur golfer. Early life She was born on October 15, 1878, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Sydney Bishop and Mary Helen Staples. Golf career She was the w ...

(1878–1971), American golfer * Georgianna Hiliadaki, Greek chef * Georgianna Hopley (1858–1944), better known as Georgia Hopley, American journalist and temperance advocate * Georgianna Lincoln (born 1943), American politician and businesswoman *

Georgianna Robertson Georgianna Robertson (March 23, 1972, Port Maria, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-born model and actress. She has appeared on over covers of Spanish, French and Italian editions of ''Elle'' and '' Vogue Paris''. Robertson walked numerous of fashion shows ...

(born 1972), Jamaican model and actress * Georgianna Stout (born 1967), American graphic designer * Georgianna Kathleen Symonette (1902–1965), Bahamian suffragist

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