Georgiana

Georgiana is a Catalan, English, Greek and Romanian name. It is the feminine form of the male name George and a variation of the female names Georgina and Georgia. It comes from the Greek word Γεωργιος, meaning farmer.[1] A variant spelling is Georgianna.

For other uses, see Georgiana (disambiguation).

Georgiana

Gender	Female
Origin
Meaning	Greek word Γεωργιος, meaning farmer.
Other names
Variant form(s)	Georgianna, Georgeanna
Related names	George, Georgia, Georgina

List of persons with the given name

• Georgiana Buller (1884–1953), English hospital administrator
• Georgiana Birțoiu (born 1989), Romanian footballer
• Georgiana Burne-Jones (1840–1920), artist, wife and biographer of Edward Burne-Jones
• Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806)
• Georgiana Drew (1856–1893), American actress and comedian, a member of the Barrymore acting family
• Georgiana Fullerton (1812–1885), English novelist, philanthropist, and biographer
• Georgiana Harcourt (1807–1886), writer and translator
• Georgiana Hill (1858-1924), British social historian and women's rights activist
• Georgiana Goddard King (1871–1939), American Hispanist and medievalist
• Georgiana McCrae (1804–1890), English-Australian painter and diarist
• Georgiana Molloy (1805–1843), English-Australian botanical collector
• Georgiana Rolls, Baroness Llangattock (c.1837–1923), socialite and enthusiast for Nelson
• Georgiana Saymor (1995-2009)

Fictional characters

• Georgiana Darcy, younger sister of one of the main characters in Pride and Prejudice
• Georgiana Pirrip, the mother of Pip in Charles Dickens‘s "Great Expectations"
• Georgiana, wife of Aylmer in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birthmark"
• Georgiana Reed, cousin of Jane Eyre in Charlotte Brontë's novel of the same name.

Dramatic works

• Georgiana (2019), an opera pasticcio based on the life of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806) commissioned by the Buxton Festival.

Persons with the given name Georgianna

• Georgianna Bell, a pen name of the author Anne Rundle
• Georgianna Bishop (1878–1971), American golfer
• Georgianna Hopley (1858–1944), better known as Georgia Hopley, American journalist and temperance advocate
• Georgianna Lincoln (born 1943), American politician and businesswoman
• Georgianna Robertson (born 1972), Jamaican model and actress
• Georgianna Stout (born 1967), American graphic designer
• Georgianna Kathleen Symonette (1902–1965), Bahamian suffragist

References

1. Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Georgiana