Gaia (disambiguation)

Gaia (also spelled Gaea) is a primordial deity and the personification of the Earth in Greek mythology.

Gaia or Gaea may also refer to:

Environmentalism

• Gaia hypothesis, concerns the stability of Earth's natural systems
• Gaia philosophy, the concept that living organisms will improve their environment
• Gaia, the Earth in Gaianism

Places

• Gaea (crater), crater on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter
• 1184 Gaea, a minor planet in the main asteroid belt

• Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados
• Vila Nova de Gaia, a city and municipality in northern Portugal
• Gaia River, Romania
• Gaia, a village in Murgași Commune, Dolj County, Romania
• Gaià River, a river in Catalonia
• GaiÃÂ, a village in Catalonia
• Gaia (a.k.a. Sofia), one of the Echinades islands in the Ionian Sea
• Gaia, a rock climbing route at Black Rocks (Derbyshire)

Fictional locations

• Gaea, a planet in the anime television series The Vision of Escaflowne (1996)
• Gaea, an island in the young-adult novel The Arm of the Starfish (1965) by Madeleine L'Engle
• Gaean Reach, a fictional region in space in works by Jack Vance
• Gaia (Final Fantasy VII), a fictional world from the videogame Final Fantasy VII

People, characters, figures

• Armin van Buuren (born 1976), DJ who uses the pseudonym Gaia
• Gaia (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee

Given name

• Gaia (singer) (born 1997), Italian singer-songwriter
• Gaia (artist), American street artist
• Gaea Schell, pianist/composer and singer
• Gaia Germani (born 1942), Italian actress
• Gaia Cauchi (born 2002), Maltese singer
• Gaia Vince, British journalist, broadcaster and non-fiction author
• Gaia Weiss (born 1991), French actress and model
• Gaia Girace (born 2003), Italian actress

Surname

• Brian Gaia (born 1994), American football player
• Michele Gaia (born 1985), Italian cyclist
• Santos Gaia (born 1978), Brazilian footballer

Characters

• Gaea, a character in the dystopian fiction novella Anthem (1937) by Ayn Rand
• Gaea, a character in the fictional novel series The Heroes of Olympus (2010) by Rick Riordan

• Gaia (Rome character), character in the historical-drama television series Rome (2005–2007)
• Ultraman Gaia, a character in the tokusatsu television series of the same name (1998)
• Gaia Moore, the heroine of the teen-novel series Fearless by Francine Pascal
• Gaia (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Gaia (Image Comics), an Image Comics character
• Gaia (a.k.a. gaiaphage), a supernatural creature in the novel series Gone by Michael Grant
• Gaia, a character in the drama television series ' (2011)
• Gaia, the spirit of Earth in the animated television series Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996)
• Gaia, the spirit of Earth in the British TV series Edge of Darkness (1985)
• GAIA, fictional highly advanced A.I. character in Horizon Zero Dawn (2017)
• Gaia the Fierce Knight, a card and character in Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game

Transportation and vehicular

• Gaia spacecraft, European space mission launched in 2013
• Toyota Gaia, a multi-purpose vehicle

Fictional

• Gaia, the spaceship from the novel The Magellanic Cloud by Stanisław Lem
• A ship in Star Luster and Star Ixiom

Groups, organisations

• Gaia (arts venue), an arts center in Havana, Cuba
• Gaia Earth Sciences, an oilfield services company
• Gaia, Inc., formerly Gaiam, an online video subscription service
• Gaea Japan, a wrestling promotion that terminated in 2005
• GAIA locomotive, a former Argentine locomotive builder
• Gaia Movement USA, a USA-based charitable organization
• Gaia Online, a social networking website
• Gaia Trafikk, a former Norwegian company
• Gaia-X, European secure data infrastructure project
• Project Gaia, a U.S. nonprofit NGO

Arts, entertainment, media

• Gaia (Jerram), a 2018 installation artwork by Luke Jerram
• Gaia (film), 2021 South African horror thriller film.

Games

• Game Artificial Intelligence with Agents, an engine in Outcast (1999)
• Gaia, cancelled video game by Electronic Arts' Motive Studios
• G.A.I.A., a frequent type of technology in Bandai Namco's UGSF
• A high-power mech weapon in Shadow Labyrinth (2025)
• Gaïa (Polaris), a 1998 supplement for the role-playing game Polaris
• Gaia Project, a board game

Literature

• Gaea trilogy, a series of science-fiction novels (1979, 1980 and 1984) by John Varley
• Gaia Gear, a series of five novels by Yoshiyuki Tomino
• GAIA (journal), an academic journal concerned with environmental and sustainability problems
• Gaia Girls, an environmental fantasy children's book series by Lee Welles
• Gaia, a fantasy comic by Oliver Knörzer and Puri Andini hosted on their Sandra and Woo website

Music

• GAIA Chamber Music Festival, a music festival in Thun, Switzerland
• Roland SH-01 Gaia, a synthesizer manufactured by Roland Corporation
• Gaia (band), a Dutch trance project started by Armin van Buuren

Albums

• Gaia (2002), an album by the Japanese rock band Janne Da Arc
• Gaia (1994), an EP by the Swedish metal band Tiamat
• Gaia (Mägo de Oz album) (2003)
• Gaia (Marilyn Crispell album) (1988)
• ', a 1994 album by the Australian singer Olivia Newton-John
• Gaia-Onbashira, a 1998 album by the Japanese New Age musician Kitarō
• GAIA, a 2003 album by Alan Simon
• Gaïa (Lionel Loueke album) (2015)
• GAIA, a 2020 album by Blank Banshee

Songs

• "Gaia (The Vultures)", a song by God Forbid from Earthsblood (2009)
• "Gaia", a song by In Hearts Wake from Earthwalker (2014)
• "Gaia", a song by Peter Hammill from Fireships (1993)
• "Gaia", a song by Kitarō from Gaia-Onbashira (1998)
• "Gaia", a song by James Taylor from Hourglass (1997)
• "Gaia", a song by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from Omnium Gatherum (2022)
• "Gaea", a song by Pentangle from So Early in the Spring (1989)
• "Gaia", a song by Devin Townsend from Synchestra (2006)
• "Gaia", a song by Valensia from Valensia (1993)
• "Gaia", a song by Tiamat from Wildhoney (1994)

Other uses

• Gaia, the user interface of Firefox OS
• Gaia catalogues, several star catalogues produced by the Gaia space telescope
• Gaia, the early Earth prior to its collision with Theia, that formed the Moon

See also

• Gai (disambiguation)
• Gaia (comics), several meanings
• Gaja (disambiguation)
• Gaya (disambiguation)
• Kaia (disambiguation)
• Gaian (disambiguation)