Georgiana

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| name = Georgiana

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| meaning = Greek word Γεώργιος, meaning farmer.

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| variant =Georgiane, Georgianna, Georgianne, Georgeanna, Georgeanne

| related names = George, Georgia, Georgina, Georgine

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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 {{lang|el|Γεώργιος}} ({{transl|el|Geórgios}}), meaning "farmer".[http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=georgiana Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Georgiana] A variant spelling is Georgianna.

List of persons with the given name Georgiana

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

Territories

  • Georgiana, a colony proposed by Phineas Lyman for establishment in the Natchez district of British West Florida.

List of persons with the given name Georgianna

See also

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