# Georgia (name)

Georgia is a feminine given name originating from the Greek word Γεωργία (Georgía), 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 Mullett (born 2005), English association footballer
* 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 (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 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 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 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