Georgia is a feminine

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originating from the

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece 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 ...

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

George George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Presiden ...

Given name

Actresses

Georgia Groome Georgia Isobel Groome (born 11 February 1992) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles in the films ''London to Brighton'' (2006) and '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'' (2008). Early life Groome was born on 11 February 1992 i ...

(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 Georgia Bright Engel (July 28, 1948 – April 12, 2019) was an American actress. She is best known for having played Georgette Franklin Baxter in the sitcom ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' from 1972 to 1977, Pat MacDougall on ''Everybody Loves Ra ...

(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 (TV network), ITV soap opera ...

(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 Georgia Henshaw (born 11 July 1993) is a Welsh actress best known for her roles on British television. Among her leading roles have been those of Rosie, a member of "The Ace Gang" in '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'', and as JJ's love in ...

(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 Georgia Elizabeth Tennant (; born 25 December 1984) is an English actress and producer. She played Detective Inspector Samantha Nixon's daughter Abigail in ''The Bill'', Jenny in the ''Doctor Who'' episode "The Doctor's Daughter" and Lady Vivian ...

(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 Jul ...

(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 Georgia Vasileiadou ( el, Γεωργία Βασιλειάδου; 1897 – 12 February 1980) was a Greek actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1930 to 1977. Selected filmography References External links * 1897 births ...

(1897–1980), Greek actress *

Georgia Steel Georgia Steel (born 28 March 1998) is an English television personality. In 2018, she appeared on the fourth series of the ITV2 reality series '' Love Island''. She has since made appearances in various reality television series including '' Ce ...

(born 1998), English actress

Athletes

Georgia Abatzidou Georgia Abatzidou (born 19 April 1969) is a Greek long-distance runner. She competed in the women's marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially t ...

(born 1969), Greek long-distance runner *

Georgia Adams Georgia Louise Adams (born 4 October 1993) is an English cricketer who is the captain of Sussex and Southern Vipers, as well as playing for Southern Brave. Adams has previously played for Loughborough Lightning in the Women's Cricket Super Lea ...

(born 1993), English cricketer *

Georgia Bohl Georgia Bohl (born 11 April 1997) is a former Australian breaststroke swimmer. In 2016, she qualified for her first Olympic Games. Career In November 2015, at the Australian short course championships, Bohl, aged 18, won her first national ti ...

(born 1997), Australian swimmer *

Georgia Bonora Georgia Bonora is an Australian former gymnast who represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, which took place in Beijing, China, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Personal Born in Melbourne on 19 May 1990, Bonora had problems wi ...

(born 1990), Australian gymnast *

Georgia Dorotheou Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

(born 1980), Greek handball player *

Georgia Ellinaki Georgia Ellinaki ( el, Γεωργία Ελληνάκή, born 28 February 1974) 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 ...

(born 1974), Greek water polo player *

Georgia Glastris Georgia Glastris (born August 1, 1992, in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American-born figure skater who competes for Greece. As of July 2014, she has won the Greek national championship three times, placed second three times, and compet ...

(born 1992), Greek figure skater *

Georgia Kokloni Georgia (or Yeoryía) Koklóni ( el, Γεωργία Κοκλώνη) (born 7 May 1981 in Athens) is a Greek sprinter who specializes in 60 metres and 100 metres. Her first major competition was the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but she w ...

(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 Schweitzer (born 1979), American basketball player * Georgia Tsiliggiri (born 1972), Greek pole vaulter * Georgia Tzanakaki (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) (born 2002), English footballer

Artists

Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American modernist artist. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been called the "Mother of Amer ...

(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 Georgia Frontiere (born Violet Frances Irwin; November 21, 1927 – January 18, 2008) was an American businesswoman and entertainer. She was the majority owner and chairperson of the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams NFL team and the most prominent fem ...

(1927–2008), American businesswoman

Musicians

* Georgia Mannion (born 2003), Australian singer-songwriter known professionally as

George Alice Georgia Mannion (born 25 March 2003), known professionally as George Alice, is an Australian music artist, singer-songwriter. In 2019, Mannion released her debut single "Circles", for which she won Triple J's Unearthed High competition. Early ...

* Georgia Barnes (born 1990), British singer known

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ously as Georgia *

Georgia Brown (English singer) Georgia Brown (21 October 1933 – 5 July 1992) was an English singer and actress. Early life Georgia Brown, born Lilian Claire Klot,Barron, James"Georgia Brown, An Actress, 57; Was in 'Oliver!'"''The New York Times'', 6 July 1992 was born an ...

(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 Georgia Buchanan (born 23 December 1990), known professionally as Call Me Loop, is an English singer and songwriter. Following the release of her debut single "Looking at You" in 2016, she has since independently released two extended plays, ''C ...

(born 1991), English singer and songwriter *

Georgia Carroll Georgia Carroll (November 18, 1919 – January 14, 2011) was an American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s. She and Kayser were married in 1944 until he died in 1 ...

(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 Georgia Holt (born Jackie Jean Crouch; June 9, 1926 – December 10, 2022) was an American singer-songwriter, actress and model. She was also notable for being the mother of singer and actress Cher. Early life Holt was born Jackie Jean Crouch in ...

(1926–2022), American singer *

Georgia Middleman Georgia Leigh Middleman (born December 27, 1967) is an American country singer. Middleman sang from age ten at the Texas Star Inn in San Antonio, and began writing songs shortly thereafter. She sold recordings of her first song, There's a Rainbo ...

(born 1967), American country singer *

Georgia Anne Muldrow Georgia Anne Muldrow (born 1983) is an American musician from Los Angeles, California. In 2008, she co-founded the SomeOthaShip Connect record label with fellow artist and former husband Dudley Perkins. Life and career Georgia Anne Muldrow grew ...

, American singer and musician *

Georgia Spiropoulos Georgia Spiropoulos ( el, Γεωργία Σπυροπούλου) (born in Greece, 1965) is a composer, who studied piano, harmony, counterpoint and fugue in Athens. At the same time, she studied jazz piano and worked as an instrumentalist and ar ...

(born 1965), Greek composer * Georgia Turner (1921–1969), American singer *

Georgia White Georgia White (9 March 1903 – c.1980) was an American blues singer, most prolific in the 1930s and 1940s. Little is known of her early life, but it has been suggested that she was born in Sandersville, Georgia. By the late 1920s she was singin ...

(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 Dubli ...

(born 1985), Greek-Irish model

Politicians

* Georgia Lee Lusk (1893–1971), American politician *

Georgia Davis Powers Georgia Davis Powers (née Montgomery; October 19, 1923 – January 30, 2016) was an American politician who served for 21 years as a state senator in the Kentucky Senate. In 1967, she was the first person of color and the first woman elected t ...

(1923–2016), American politician

Writers

Georgia Byng Georgia Byng (born 6 September 1965) is a British children's writer, educator, illustrator, actress and film producer. Since 1995 she has published thirteen children’s books, and co-written and co-produced one film. Byng has won The Stockton Ch ...

(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 (1891–1974), American theologian * Georgia Lass, character played by

Ellen Muth Ellen Muth (; born March 6, 1981) is an American former actress best known for her role as Georgia "George" Lass in Showtime's series ''Dead Like Me'' (2003–2004 series, 2009 film). Early life Muth was born in Milford, Connecticut, to Eric ...

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 for ...

* 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 fo ...

(1891–1950), American operator of black market baby-adoption scheme *

Georgia Thompson Georgia L. Thompson (born 1950) is a Wisconsin civil servant who was wrongfully convicted of federal corruption charges in 2006, then exonerated by an appeals court in 2007. Thompson is a Madison native, and graduated from Madison East High S ...

(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-found ...

(born 1980), American television and podcast host *

Georgia Day Georgia Day is the holiday which the U.S. state of Georgia recognizes in honor of its colonial founding as the Province of Georgia. On February 12, 1733 Sref name="Anne"> James Oglethorpe landed the first settlers in the ''Anne'', at what was t ...

, US State of Georgia commemoration day

Fictional characters

* Georgia

George Fayne Georgia "George" Fayne is a character in the popular ''Nancy Drew Mystery Stories'' series. She is one of Nancy's best friends and cousin of Bess Marvin. Her birth name is Georgia, although no one calls her that except her parents. (This is a chan ...

, a main character in the

Nancy Drew Nancy Drew is a Fictional character, fictional character appearing in several Mystery fiction, mystery book series, movies, and a TV show as a teenage amateur sleuth. The books are ghostwriter, ghostwritten by a number of authors and published ...

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 recorde ...

'' * 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 ...

'' book franchise * Georgia Adyang Ferrer, the main villain in the Filipino drama series,

Ika-6 Na Utos ''Ika-6 na Utos'' (pronounced as Ika-anim na Utos / international title: ''A Woman Scorned'' / ) is a Philippine television drama revenge series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Laurice Guillen, it stars Sunshine Dizon, Gabby Concepcio ...