Georgia (name)

Georgia is a feminine given name originating from the Greek word (), meaning "agriculture". It shares this origin with the masculine version of the name, George.

People

Actresses

• Georgia Apostolou (1973–2016), Greek actress
• Georgia Caine (1876–1964), American actress
• Georgia Cayvan (1857–1906), American actress
• Georgia Ellis (1917–1988), American actress
• Georgia Engel (1948–2019), American actress
• Georgia May Foote (born 1991), British actress
• Georgia Groome (born 1992), British actress
• Georgia Hale (1905–1985), American actress
• Georgia Henshaw (born 1993), Welsh actress
• Georgia Jay, British actress
• Georgia King (born 1986), British actress
• Georgia Slowe (born 1966), English actress
• Georgia Steel (born 1998), English actress
• Georgia Taylor (born 1980), English actress
• Georgia Tennant (born 1984), English actress
• Georgia Vasileiadou (1897–1980), Greek actress

Athletes

• Georgia Abatzidou (born 1969), Greek long-distance runner
• Georgia Adams (born 1993), English cricketer
• Georgia Amoore (born 2001), Australian basketball player
• Georgia Bohl (born 1997), Australian swimmer
• Georgia Bonora (born 1990), Australian gymnast
• Georgia Campbell (1926–2004), American baseball player
• Georgia Dorotheou (born 1980), Greek handball player
• Georgia Downing (born 1999), British trampoline gymnast
• 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 (born 1980), Greek water polo player
• Georgia Manoli (born 1983), Greek swimmer
• Georgia Marris (born 1996), New Zealand swimmer
• Georgia Munro-Cook (born 1994), Australian wheelchair basketball player
• Georgia Mullett (born 2005), English association footballer
• Georgia Schweitzer (born 1979), American basketball player
• Georgia Sheffield (born 2005), British para swimmer
• Georgia Tsiliggiri (born 1972), Greek pole vaulter
• Georgia Tzanakaki (born 1980), Greek volleyball player
• Georgia Walker (born 1998), Australian rules footballer
• Georgia Wilson (field hockey) (born 1996), Australian field hockey player
• Georgia Wilson (equestrian) (born 1995), British para-equestrian
• Georgia Wilson (footballer) (born 2002), English footballer

Artists

• Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986), American artist
• Georgia Papageorge (born 1941), South African artist

Businesswomen

• Georgia Emery (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 mononymously as Georgia
• Georgia Brown (English singer) (1933–1992)
• Georgia Brown (Brazilian singer) (born 1980)
• Georgia Buchanan (born 1991), English singer and songwriter
• Georgia Carroll (1919–2011), American singer
• Georgia Gibbs (1918–2006), American singer
• Georgia Holt (1926–2022), American singer
• Georgia Hubley (born 1960), percussionist, vocalist, founding member of Yo La Tengo
• Georgia Meek, British singer-songwriter
• 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

Politicians and civil servants

• Georgia Gardner (born 1944), American politician
• Georgia Gould (born 1986), British politician
• Georgia Lee Lusk (1893–1971), American politician
• Georgia Davis Powers (1923–2016), American politician
• Georgia Thompson (born 1950), American civil servant

Writers

• Georgia Byng (born 1965), British author
• Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966), American poet
• Georgia Makhlouf, Lebanese writer
• Georgia Toews, Canadian novelist

Others

• Georgia of Clermont (died 500), French saint and nun
• Georgia Hardstark (born 1980), American television and podcast host
• Georgia Harkness (1891–1974), American theologian
• Georgia May Jobson (1860-1924), American temperance reformer
• Georgia L. McMurray (1934–1992) American administrator and an activist for children, adolescents, and people with disabilities
• Georgia Oakley (born 1988), English film director and screenwriter
• Georgia B. Ridder (1914–2002), American racehorse owner
• Georgia Salpa (born 1985), Greek-Irish model
• Georgia Tann (1891–1950), American operator of a black market baby-adoption scheme

Fictional characters

• Georgia Chamberlin, the title character in the ABC Family sitcom State of Georgia
• Georgia Fayne, better known as George Fayne, a main character in the Nancy Drew series
• Georgia Adyang Ferrer, the main villain in the Filipino drama series Ika-6 Na Utos
• Georgia Lass, played by Ellen Muth on the television series Dead Like Me
• Georgia Miller, one of the two titular main female protagonists in the series Ginny & Georgia
• Georgia Riley, six-year-old daughter of protagonist Derek Riley from the 2012 horror movie Daddy's Little Girl

See also

• Georgia (disambiguation)