Georgia (first name)
Georgia is the feminine form of the male given name Georg .
Origin and meaning
As a feminine form of Georg , Georgia originally means something like "farm worker" or " farmer " ( ancient Greek : geōrgos (γεωργός) "farmer").
name day
The April 23 is the name day of Georg and thus also of Georgia.
variants
- Greek : Georgia
- Bulgarian : Gergana
- German : Georgett , Georgine
- English : Georgia , Georgina , Georgine
- French : Georgette
- Italian : Giorgina , Giorgia
- Croatian : Đurđa
- Danish : Jørgine
- Czech : Jiřina
- Hungarian : Györgyi
- further male variants under Georg
Well-known namesake
- Georgia Caine (1876–1964), American actress
- Georgia Moffett (born 1984), British actress
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986), American painter
- Georgia van der Rohe (1914–2008), German dancer, actress and film director
- Georgia White (1903 – ca. 1980), American blues singer