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Georgia Name Meaning, Origins & History

Georgia

Pronunciation: JOR-juh

Meaning Farmer Origin Ancient Greek Gender Girl
GIRLS RANK
#99
TREND
11
Peak Years
2025, 1947, 2024
Lowest Years
1986, 1881, 1880
Energy Archetype
Reflective & Analytical

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of girls named Georgia in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Georgia

  • Back among the favorites: Georgia returned to the U.S. top 100 in 1883 and stayed there for 1 consecutive years, through 2025.
  • More than 166 thousand babies named Georgia: U.S. records list 166,999 babies given the name Georgia from 1880 through 2025. Even 729 boys received the name Georgia - about 1 boy for every 228 girls.

What Does the Name Georgia Mean?

Georgia is the feminine form of George. It goes back to the Greek name Geōrgios (Γεώργιος), which comes from geōrgos (γεωργός), "farmer" or "earth-worker." That noun joins gē (γῆ), "earth," to ergon (ἔργον), "work," so the literal sense is a person who works the land - a tiller of the soil. The meaning is occupational rather than symbolic; the "earth" element refers to soil and farming, not to the planet.

Georgios passed into Latin as Georgius, and the feminine form Georgia was built from it. English received the name through Latin and, for the masculine form, through Old French Georges.

Georgia Name History & Origins

The masculine Geōrgios was a common name in the Greek-speaking world and spread along with Christianity. Saint George, a soldier said to have been martyred around 303, became one of the most widely honored saints, and devotion to him carried the name into Latin as Georgius and then into the languages of western Europe. Through Old French Georges, it entered English as George.

Feminine forms developed alongside the masculine one: Greek Geōrgia and Latin Georgia. Other feminines of the same root in English and French include Georgiana, Georgina, and the French-derived Georgette. Georgia has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since at least the 18th century.

The place name Georgia is a separate matter. The British colony founded in 1732 was named for King George II, and the country of Georgia in the Caucasus has a different, disputed origin for its English name.

How Popular is the Name Georgia?

Georgia has a rich multi-era history in the U.S. top 100, spanning 33 total years and enjoying its modern revival from 2025 to 2025.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Georgia Shapes Your Personality and Life?

You are introspective, prophetic, philosophical, and soul searching, but also can be analytical, critical and opinionated. You think deeply and clearly, have an air of mystery, can be solitary and secretive. You have an eventful, exciting life. You are versatile and have the ability to learn easily.

Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.

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