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Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through, just an old sweet song, keeps Georgia on my mind. Sorry, had to, whenever I hear this name I instantly think of the classic Ray Charles song of the same name. I adore the song, so I also really like the name. It’s definitely a classic to me and it ages well too imo. I much prefer Georgia to Georgina, as Georgia just seems friendlier and more approachable. I’m in Australia and it’s been popular here for years and years now, yet I haven’t personally met that many. I guess it probably started gaining in popularity in the later part of the 80’s, as it was getting more popular in the 90’s and was very popular in the early 2000’s. It doesn’t feel dated or tired to me, like I said, it’s a classic and they always linger. I do like Georgie too, either as a nn or a full name. Georgie does get used as a full name here from time to time. My fave George- name for a girl is definitely Georgia.

I have never liked Georgia, Georgie or any George names for girls, they just don't appeal to me at all. Funnily enough, I prefer Jorja.

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I live in Australia and I know a Georgia who is probably in her early 20's now, a Georgina who is probably a couple of years older than that, two Georgies aged 29 and maybe aound 20, and a Jorja who would now be about 10. I don't view it as a dated name though.

Im in Australia, I think it's dated, I never really liked it Georgiana is prettier, but I still don't like the George part

I like Georgia. It's what my sister wants to use if she ever has a daughter, after our nanny growing up, who would be in her 90s now. I think Georgie is freaking adorable.

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Georgina doesn't seem dated to me, because I've never lived anywhere it was popular in the least. It feels quite formal and British to me.

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My favorite form is Georgiana with the nickname Georgie.

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Georgia is the only Georg-name that I like at all. It seems warm, gentle, and earthy. Like Margaret and Constance.
I dislike all the other forms, all the precious-frills endings, Georgina, Georgiana, Georgette. To me they just don't look tidy ... they're like eyelet lace trim on satin. Like Lydina or Teresiana or Andriette.

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I like nn Gigi, or Jorie.

I love Georgina, and think it's a good way of achieving something like Jean as a nn without actually using Jean! Which is seriously dated. I've never encountered or read about a South African Georgia, so whatever it is here, it isn't common at all.

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I don't like Georgie. Jean or Gina would be fine.

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Georgina all the way! Georgia is not just one place name but two, and I don't go for place names on people. Georgiana is far too ornate, 18th-century people going all Latinate; and then there's the strange belief that it sounds or could sound like George+aina.

I don't think of it as dated (I'm in the UK) because although it was common, it's not tied to a specific year or era in the same way other names are. Georgia has been used for a long time.

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I dislike Georgie. All the Georgia's I know go by their full name or George. Georgie is saccharine.

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My favourite feminine form of George is Georgia, followed by Georgina.

Georgia does feel dated to me. I know a 33 year old Georgia but I think most Georgias here in the UK are in their 20s. I associate it with other names that were popular around the same time, like Megan, Lauren, Bethany, Caitlin, Ellie and Chloe.

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Georgina definitely feels more classic. I like the nn Georgie.

I really like Georgia, which is less common in the United States. I met my first Georgia last year, and now she's one of my dear friends. She's a sharp writer and steely woman, so now I associate the name with those qualities.

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My favorite feminization of George is probably Georgette, but I also love Georgina and Giorgia and like Georgiana, Georgine, Georgeta, and Gergana.

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I don't like Georgia but I like Georgiana and Georgina more. I like the nickname Georgie for any of the names even Georgia.

I like it. It's uncommon but certainly not unheard of. I have a great aunt Georgina who would be in her 90s if she were still alive, and went to college with a Georgia so she's 28-29 now.

I think it's dumpy. It doesn't seem dated to me because I've hardly known anyone named Georgia. I think that a woman who ran a grief support group that I was a part of twenty years ago was named Georgia, but I'm not entirely certain. She'd be very old now. Also the last time it was in the US top hundred was in 1911, and that's too far back for the name to be dated now. It's retro, not dated.

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It just has a very dumpy vibe to me. That is the only reason I dislike it so there's nothing more for me to say.