Georgia at a glance
- Meaning
- “farmer”
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- Pronunciation
- JOR-juh
- Nicknames
- Georgie
- Other forms
- Georgina, Giorgia, Georgiana
Where the name Georgia comes from
Georgia is a feminine form of George, from a Greek word for a farmer or someone who works the earth. The US state of Georgia was named after King George II. As a first name it became popular in Britain from the 1990s.
Famous people named Georgia
- Georgia O’Keeffe (painter)