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Georgia (female)

Variants:Georgette (F) Georgina (F) Seòdag (F)
Pet Name(s):Georgie (F)
Derivative(s):Georgiana (F)
Masculine form:George (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English feminine form of George [q.v.], ultimately from Greek "husbandman". In use in Europe as a Latinate feminine form of George at least as early as the 5th century AD.
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