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What do you think of when you hear the name Georgia?

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LaRagazzaInglese · 27/10/2010 13:50

What kind of girls are called Georgia? is it a bit 90's/had its time? Does it sound a bit posh? What's the general feel? It was number 55 in 2009 and has gone down the ranking a lot in the past 10 years, is it classic enough to still be pretty?

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LaRagazzaInglese · 28/10/2010 01:45

Excellent feedback MNers, thanks! Now, DH being Italian, what do you think of Giorgia? If you read it would you think to say it differently to Georgia?
It's pronounced the same apart from rolling the R but it blends quite well so you can get away with it. I know we would have to spell it all the time, but it's my "keep it Italian" choice! wdyt?

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scottishmummy · 27/10/2010 20:50

lots of wee georgias about all wee middle class girls age 0-7

sparkle12mar08 · 27/10/2010 20:48

A little bit posh, a little bit Jane Austin, a little bit Southern Belle, Midnight Train to..., absolutely love it!

Rhubarbgarden · 27/10/2010 20:46

Gingercursed suffer is probably the wrong word but it certainly does add another complication when choosing names - DH would say 'how about Saskia (or something) and I'd say 'acid yellow ooh no'. I found my shortlist was heavily skewed towards names that are pale blue or red. DD is a lovely rich dark crimson.

ZZZenAgain · 27/10/2010 19:48

Mason seems a strange choice for a girl's name to me..

just my taste, sorry if anyone has given their dd that name. otherUS states would have been nicer as a name IMO

brittan76 · 27/10/2010 19:47

Georgia is a lovely name. I'd be very happy if my name was Georgia. Not in the slightest 'Chavvy'!

ragged · 27/10/2010 19:39

Peaches.
There was a minor celebrity on Usenet, a woman called Georgia who named her many children after towns in the USA state: Savannah, Mason, etc.

ZZZenAgain · 27/10/2010 19:29

Well I think of the state, the song "Georgia on my mind" and my first yoga teacher who was called Georgia

BelligerentGhoul · 27/10/2010 19:28

Georgiana (one n) is in Jane Austen. All names were made up at one point or another but Georgiana has been around for quite a while!

Baileysismyfriend · 27/10/2010 19:07

Georgia is a lovely name, my DD is called Georgia Wink

She is 12 and only knows one other Georgia in her School so I havent found it to be a popular name at all.

No offence to those that like Georgianna, but to me that sounds like a made up name!

peacenow · 27/10/2010 19:02

I really love it, nearly used it 3 times

coldnose · 27/10/2010 19:02

I really like it. I have it saved in my mind for if i have another dd

IHeartKingThistle · 27/10/2010 19:01

'despite of'??? Blush

IHeartKingThistle · 27/10/2010 19:00

There are lots of Georgias at secondary school age now. I think it's one of those names that started posh and then 'filtered through' the class system iyswim; most of the ones I know definitely aren't posh. (the 'filtering' thing is from Freakonomics or something I think, not mine before anyone thinks i'm classist!)

Have taught some lovely ones and some not so lovely ones. Despite of that I still like it, it feels nice rolling off the tongue!

GingerCursedEeeee · 27/10/2010 18:58

Not chavvy or common, I find it strange that people think of it thus, but I guess it's down to the Georgias they have met!

I think it is a beautiful, classic name.

Grin Rhubarbgarden sorry that must be a tricky thing to suffer with (is suffer the right word or can it be good?) but you did make me smile!

jicky · 27/10/2010 18:54

Ds1 would have been Georgia if he was a girl (99). I really liked it (watched too much Ally McBeal) but best friend who is a teacher said it was the name the 15 year olds all gave their daughters. Had gone off it by the time ds3 arrived, think it had started sounding chavy but not sure why!

Rhubarbgarden · 27/10/2010 18:43

I think of a particularly unpleasant shade of orange. But that's because I have synaesthesia. There are many perfectly good names I dislike because they are a horrible colour.

MadBanners · 27/10/2010 18:25

Well, I think of my Dd.

Although, she actually gets Georgie! Hmm

But that is because Ds, called her Dordee, when he first started saying her name (he was 16 months when she was born) and that slowly morphed into Georgie, so now she IS a Georgie and not a Georgia..

Actually feels wrong to call her Georgia now.

neuronsattheready · 27/10/2010 18:23

Sounds a bit chavvy to me too

DuelingFanjo · 27/10/2010 18:23

makes me think jolly hockey sticks.

gomummygo · 27/10/2010 18:22

Not at all chavvy where I am either. Really like it actually.

CheerfulYank · 27/10/2010 17:58

Here (in the US) it's not chavvy. I love it, personally, and also like Georgiana. (I hear Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy saying it every time. :))

weepootle · 27/10/2010 17:50

I think of it as a bit chavvy as well for some reason, not sure why. Don't really like the name.

BookcaseFullofBooks · 27/10/2010 17:43

I was going to call my DD Georgia. I find it quite a confident, self-assures name.

BelligerentGhoul · 27/10/2010 17:42

I like Georgiana much better.

Georgia deffo not posh.

georgia makes me think of -
Georgia on my mind / midnight train
DD's friend who got green face paint all over my lovely white towel.

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