Meaning of the nameGeorgina

Female
Greek origin
Ge-or-gi-na

Georgina is a female name of Greek origin, the feminine form of George (Jorge), from Greek geōrgós, 'farmer', from 'earth' and 'work'.

Meaning

“feminine form of George (Jorge), from Greek geōrgós, 'farmer'”

Source: Wiktionary: Georgina · Behind the Name: Georgina · Behind the Name: George

People (2022): 7,140
Rank in Brazil: #2,138
Median age: 65 years
2010 Census: 9,354; people

Georgina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Georgina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (2,032 people).

7,096 women 44 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Georgina is most common

States with the highest share of people named Georgina in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio de Janeiro 0.012%
Bahia 0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
São Paulo 0.004%
Minas Gerais 0.004%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio de Janeiro	1,960	0.012%
São Paulo	1,535	0.004%
Bahia	748	0.005%
Minas Gerais	729	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	438	0.004%
Paraná	272	0.002%
Pernambuco	188	0.002%
Pará	167	0.002%
Santa Catarina	109	0.001%
Amazonas	107	0.003%
Espírito Santo	104	0.003%
Maranhão	99	0.002%
Ceará	96	0.001%
Goiás	90	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	87	0.003%
Mato Grosso	64	0.002%
Alagoas	56	0.002%
Distrito Federal	54	0.002%
Piauí	47	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	35	0.001%
Sergipe	35	0.002%
Paraíba	33	0.001%
Roraima	30	0.005%
Rondônia	24	0.002%
Tocantins	17	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Georgina

Wiktionary explains Georgina as George plus the suffix -ina, that is, the feminine form of George. Behind the Name derives George from Greek geōrgos, 'farmer, earth-worker', a word formed from gē, 'earth', and ergon, 'work', and gives Jorge as the Portuguese form of George. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,140 people named Georgina, with a median age of 65. The name is almost always female, most frequent among women born before 1980 and, proportionally, most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Sources

Wiktionary: Georgina · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Georgina · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: George · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Georgina

What does the name Georgina mean?

Georgina means “feminine form of George (Jorge), from Greek geōrgós, 'farmer'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Georgina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,140 people with the first name Georgina, which ranks it number 2,138 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Georgina a boy's or a girl's name?

Georgina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,096 women and 44 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Georgina?

Georgina is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Georgina most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.012% of the state's population is named Georgina (1,960 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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