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Georgina is a given name and the feminine form of
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 Presid ...
, along with
Georgia 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 ...
and Georgiana. It comes from the Greek word γεωργός(γέω,"earth"+έργο,"work"), meaning farmer. It may refer to:


People

* Georgina Bardach (born 1983), Argentine swimmer *
Georgina Beyer Georgina Beyer (born November 1957) is a New Zealand politician and former Labour Party Member of Parliament. In 1995 she was elected mayor of Carterton, making her the world's first openly transgender mayor. In 2005 she became the world's ...
(born 1957), New Zealand politician *
Georgina Bloomberg Georgina Leigh Bloomberg (born January 20, 1983) is the owner of the equestrian team New York Empire, a professional equestrian, and a philanthropist. She is the daughter of Susan Brown and Michael Bloomberg – former New York City mayor, found ...
(born 1983), American equestrian *
Georgina Bouzova Georgina Bouzová (born 1 June 1976) is an English television actress best known for her former role as Ellen Zitek in the BBC One medical drama ''Casualty''. Previously, Bouzová had a number of minor television roles including in '' Doctors'', ...
(born 1976), British actress *
Georgina Brandolini d'Adda Princess Georgina Brandolini d'Adda, Contessa di Valmareno (born Princess Georgina Maria Natividad de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny; 23 December 1949) is a French-Brazilian fashion executive and designer. Early and personal life Princess Georgi ...
(born 1949), French-Brazilian fashion executive *
Georgina Cates Georgina Elaine Cates (born Clare Elaine Woodgate; 14 January 1975) is an English film and television actress. Life and career Born Clare Elaine Woodgate in Colchester, Essex, Cates attended Colchester County High School for Girls and broke ...
(born 1975), British actress *
Georgina Chang Georgina Chang is a Singaporean who used to head Mediacorp's The Celebrity Agency. She has left Mediacorp since then. She was also a former radio personality, television broadcaster, and newspaper columnist. Chang was also the vice-president of Med ...
, Singaporean journalist *
Georgina Chapman Georgina Rose Chapman (born 14 April 1976) is an English fashion designer and actress. She was a regular cast member on ''Project Runway All Stars'' and, together with Keren Craig, is a co-founder of the fashion label Marchesa. Chapman was marri ...
(born 1976), British fashion designer and actress *
Georgina Coleridge Marguerite Georgina Christine Coleridge ( Hay; 19 March 1916 – 25 March 2003) was a Scottish journalist, magazine editor and publishing executive. She began her journalistic career as a freelance contributor to ''Harper's Bazaar'' in 1936 befor ...
(1916–2003), Scottish journalist, magazine editor and publishing executive *
Georgina Corrick Georgina Louise Corrick (born September 29, 1999) is a British born, American raised professional softball player for Athletes Unlimited Softball. She played college softball for the South Florida Bulls softball, South Florida Bulls. She is also ...
, British softball player * Georgina de Albuquerque (1885–1962), Brazilian painter *
Georgina Downs Georgina Downs is a British journalist who is a campaigner on health effects of pesticides. After experiencing chronic illness throughout her childhood and adolescence, she launched a campaign against the use of pesticides in industrial agricultu ...
(born 1972), British environmentalist *
Georgina Evers-Swindell Georgina Emma Buchanan Earl (born 10 October 1978 in Hastings, New Zealand), better known under her maiden name Georgina Evers-Swindell, is a former New Zealand rower. She competed in the double sculls with her identical twin sister Caroline ...
(born 1978), New Zealand rower *
Georgina Febres-Cordero Georgina Josefa del Carmen Febres Cordero-Troconis, also known as Mother Georgina (16 November 1861 – 28 June 1925) was a Venezuelan nun. Biography After the death of her mother on October 1873, Georgina took charge of the ''Clarisas Sisters ...
(1861–1925), Venezuelan nun *
Georgina Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk Georgina Susan Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (born 30 January 1962), is the ex-wife of Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk. Early life and family She was born Georgina Susan Gore, the younger daughter of John Temple ("Ja ...
(born 1962) * Georgina Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury (1827–1899) *
Georgina Hagen Georgina "Georgie" Kimberley Hagen (born 21 June 1991) is an English actress and singer. She is most known for her appearance as Lauren Waters, from ITV's '' Britannia High''. She also featured in ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'' as Rebecca Chal ...
(born 1991), British actress *
Georgina Haig Georgina Haig (born 3 August 1985) is an Australian film and television actress, known for her roles in the Australian children's television series ''The Elephant Princess'', as well as the American television series ''Fringe'', '' Limitless'' ...
(born 1985), Australian actress *
Georgina Hale Georgina Hale (born 4 August 1943) is an English film, television and stage actress. She is best known for her roles in the films of director Ken Russell, including '' The Devils'' (1971), '' The Boy Friend'' (1971), and ''Mahler'' (1974), for w ...
(born 1943), British actress * Georgina Harland (born 1978), British athlete *
Georgina Henry Georgina Clare Henry (8 June 1960 – 7 February 2014)Alan Rusbridger"Obituary: Georgina Henry" ''The Guardian'', 7 February 2014. was a British journalist. Associated with ''The Guardian'' newspaper for 25 years from 1989 until her death in 201 ...
(1960–2014), British journalist * Georgina Herrera (born 1936), Cuban writer *
Georgina Hogarth Georgina Hogarth (22 January 1827 – 19 April 1917) was the sister-in-law, housekeeper, and adviser of English novelist Charles Dickens and the editor of three volumes of his collected letters after his death. Biography 'Georgy' Hogarth was o ...
(1827–1917), British housekeeper and editor *
Georgina Lázaro Georgina Lázaro-Leon is a Puerto Rican poet who writes children's books. Her poems have been recorded by many artists, among them Tony Croatto. Early years Lázaro was one of eight siblings born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and raised in the Mirama ...
(born 1965), Puerto Rican poet *
Georgina Leonidas Georgina Leonidas (born 28 February 1990) is a British actress best known for playing Molly in ''The Basil Brush Show'', and Katie Bell in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' and ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2''. Early ...
(born 1990), British actress *
Georgina Lewis Georgina Lewis is an Australian journalist and news presenter. Career As a student, Lewis studied at University of New England, and later at the University of Nebraska, one of the United States leading journalism schools. On returning to Austr ...
(born 1974), Australian journalist *
Georgina Mace Dame Georgina Mary Mace, One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: (12 July 1953 – 19 September 2020) was a British ecologist and conservation scientist. She was Professor of Biodiver ...
(1953–2020), British scientist *
Georgina McGuinness Georgina McGuinness (née Allan, formerly Thomas) is a newsreader who was the anchor of Nine News#Adelaide, ''Nine News Adelaides weekend 6pm news bulletin from 1989 to 2011. Career An Adelaide native, born 29 August 1966, she studied at Seymo ...
(born 1966), Australian journalist *
Georgina Montagu Georgina Montagu is a British journalist and author. In 2022, she wrote ''Top Dogs: A British Love Affair''. Montagu is the great-granddaughter of Nellie Ionides, who at her home in Sussex, Buxted Park, had kennels for more than 100 dogs, and ra ...
, British journalist and author * Georgina Pope (1862–1938), Canadian nurse *
Georgina Póta Georgina Póta (; born 13 January 1985 in Budapest) is a multiple European Champion table tennis player from Hungary. Career Póta was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest in 1985 and began practicing table tennis in 1990. Between 1994 and ...
(born 1985), Hungarian table tennis player *
Georgina Reilly Georgina Reilly (born February 12, 1986) is an English/Canadian film and television actress best known to date for her roles in the films '' Pontypool'' and ''This Movie Is Broken'', the television series '' The L.A. Complex'' and '' Murdoch Mys ...
(born 1986), Canadian actress *
Georgina Rizk Georgina Rizk ( ar, جورجينا رزق, Jūrjīnā Rizq, born 23 July 1953) is a Lebanese model, socialite, and beauty queen. She represented Lebanon at the Miss Universe pageant and won, making her the first Lebanese and Middle Eastern/West ...
(born 1953), Lebanese model *
Georgina Rylance Georgina Elizabeth Rylance (born 20 April 1976) is an English actress, best known for '' Dinotopia''. Early life Born in Ladbroke Grove in 1976, Rylance has a younger sister, Charlotte, and is the daughter of Judge John Rylance QC, a circuit ju ...
(born 1978), British actress *
Georgina Parkinson Georgina Parkinson (20 August 1938 – 18 December 2009) was an English ballet dancer and ballet mistress. She joined The Royal Ballet in 1957 and was promoted to principal dancer in 1962. Best known for dancing 20th-century works, she was ...
(1938–2009), English ballet dancer and ballet mistress *
Georgina Sherrington Georgina Sherrington (born 26 July 1985) is an English actress. Biography Sherrington is best known for her portrayal of the character of Mildred Hubble in the children's series ''The Worst Witch'' (1998–2001), as well as the spin-off serie ...
(born 1985), British actress *
Georgina Somerset Georgina Carol Somerset (''née'' Turtle; 23 March 1923 – 30 November 2013) was a British dentist, author, and former Royal Navy officer. She was the first openly intersex person in the United Kingdom and the first intersex woman to be married ...
(born 1923 – 2013), first openly
intersex Intersex people are individuals born with any of several sex characteristics including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals that, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical bina ...
person in the United Kingdom. *
Georgina Spelvin Shelley Bob Graham (born March 1, 1936), known professionally as Georgina Spelvin, is a former American actress and pornographic performer who is best known as the star of the classic 1973 pornographic film ''The Devil in Miss Jones'', released ...
, (born 1936), stage name of Shelley Bob Graham, an American former pornographic actress and performer *
Georgina Starr Georgina Starr (born 1968) is an English artist and one of the Young British Artists. She is best known for her video, sound, performance and installation works. Starr's work has been described in Artforum magazine as exploring "the imaginative s ...
(born 1968), British artist *
Georgina Stirling Georgina Ann Stirling (April 3, 1867 – April 23, 1935) was a Newfoundland opera singer, known by her stage name Marie Toulinquet. Born in Twillingate, in Newfoundland, she became a world-renowned prima donna soprano who played in opera hous ...
(1866–1935), Canadian opera singer * Georgina Stojiljković (born 1988), Serbian fashion model * Georgina Sweet (1875–1946), Australian zoologist * Georgina te Heuheu (born 1943), New Zealand politician *
Georgina Verbaan Georgina Carolina Verbaan (born 9 October 1979) is a Dutch actress and singer. Verbaan is best known for her recurring role in soap opera ''Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden''. She has also appeared in various Dutch films, including ''Costa!'', '' Vo ...
(born 1979), Dutch actress and singer *
Georgina Ward, Countess of Dudley Georgina Elizabeth Ward, Countess of Dudley (9 August 1846 – 2 February 1929) was a British noblewoman and a noted beauty of the Victorian era. Early life and family Georgina was born in Dunbarney, Perthshire, Scotland – "the third of a s ...
(1846–1929) *
Georgina Wheatcroft Georgina Wheatcroft (born November 30, 1965 in Nanaimo, British Columbia as Georgina Hawkes) is a Canadian curler. She won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics while on Kelley Law's team. Curling career Wheatcroft made her Scott Tourna ...
(born 1965), Canadian curler *
Georgina Theodora Wood Georgina Theodora Wood (née Lutterodt; born 8 June 1947) is a Ghanaian judge and also a former police prosecution officer. She was the Chief Justice of Ghana and the first woman to occupy that position. She retired in 2017 after five decades ...
(born 1947), Ghanaian judge


Pseudonym

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Georgina Spelvin Shelley Bob Graham (born March 1, 1936), known professionally as Georgina Spelvin, is a former American actress and pornographic performer who is best known as the star of the classic 1973 pornographic film ''The Devil in Miss Jones'', released ...
, variant on George Spelvin, a traditional American theatre pseudonym


Fiction

* Georgina Hobart, fictional character in the Netflix series, ''The Politician'' *
Georgina Jones Miss Georgina Jones is a fictional character played by Juliet Harmer in the BBC television adventure series, ''Adam Adamant Lives!'' (1966-7). Genesis of the character ''Adam Adamant'' was created by Richard Harris and Donald Cotton, with signif ...
, fictional character in the British television series ''Adam Adamant Lives!'' *
Georgina Kincaid The ''Georgina Kincaid'' series is a collection of six urban fantasy novels written by Richelle Mead. The series is written in a first-person perspective following the main character, Georgina Kincaid, who is a succubus A succubus is a demon ...
, fictional character in novels by Richelle Mead * Georgina Kirrin, fictional character nicknamed "George" in Enid Blyton's ''Famous Five'' series *Georgina Orwell, fictional character in Lemony Snicket's ''
A Series of Unfortunate Events ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' is a series of thirteen children's novels written by American author Daniel Handler under the pen name Lemony Snicket. The books follow the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. After their p ...
'' book series *
Georgina Sparks Georgina Sparks is a fictional character in the ''Gossip Girl'' novel series and a recurring character on the television series of the same name, in which she is portrayed by Michelle Trachtenberg. While the novel series portrays her as a har ...
, fictional character in the ''Gossip Girl'' books and television series * Vitay Georgina, a fictional character, in a Magda Szabó book (Abigél)


See also

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Georgina (disambiguation) Georgina may refer to: Names * Georgina (name), a feminine given name Places Australia * Georgina, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland * Georgina Basin, a large sedimentary basin in Australia * Georgina River, a r ...
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Gina (given name) The short form was popularized in the 1950s by the actress Gina Lollobrigida (b. 1927), whose birth name is Luigina. Lollobrigida became famous in 1953, from which year popularity of the given name ''Gina'' in the United States rose steeply, reach ...
* Jiřina {{given name Feminine given names