🔥Gaia

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Greek and Latin

"earth mother; rejoicing"

Gaia Origin and Meaning

The name Gaia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "earth mother; rejoicing".

Floral, bright, and subtly powerful, Gaia is a name with two separate origins. In Greek mythology, it is the name of the earth goddess and the universal mother, who takes her epithet from the Ancient Greek word for land or ground. It was this ecological element that led actress Emma Thompson to choose it for her daughter back in 1999, and it could hold similar appeal to green minded parents today.

In Latin, on the other hand, Gaia is used as the feminine form of Gaius, thought to come from gaudere, meaning "rejoice", making it a name with cheerful potential.

Similar in sound and appearance to other international favorites such as Maia and Kaia, Gaia is popular in Spain and Italy. It is also in the Top 500 in the Netherlands and the UK, though it has yet to break into the US Top 1000. Given to 210 girls in 2024 in the US, it has however nearly tripled in use in the last decade.

Along with Emma Thompson's daughter, notable Gaias include model and actress Gaia Weiss and the Italian singer, known simply as Gaia. Given that Gaia is the personification of the earth in Greek mythology, it has also been used in environmental sciences as the name for two theories, which suggest that living organisms interact with their surroundings to create stability, or that they interact with them to make improvements.

Gaia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 278 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Gaia

• 278 Nameberry 2025
• 147 Unique 2024
• 491 England 2023
• 23 Italy 2023
• 169 Switzerland 2023
• 29 Israel 2023

20 Names Similar to Gaia

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• Arcadia
• Soleil
• Asteria
• Morgana
• Aura
• Electra
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Famous People Named Gaia

• Gaia Germani (born Giovanna Giardina) Italian actress
• Gaïa Jacquet Matisse, French,American socialite and actress; great great granddaughter of painter Henri Matisse
• Gaia Weiss French actress
• Gaia Cauchi Maltese pop singer
• Gaia Sabbatini Italian middle distance runner
• Gaia Vince British journalist and author
• Gaia Romilly Wise (b. 1999) daughter of actress Emma Thompson and Greg Wise
• Gaia Archey (b. 2012) daughter of actor Lamon Archey
• Gaia Jissel Ramirez Land (b. 2013) daughter of actress Dania Ramirez & director John Amos Beverly Land
• Gaia Girace Italian actress

The name Gaia in Pop Culture

• Gaia Bawden character in "The Casual Vacancy" by J. K. Rowling
• Gaia character on animated series "Captain Planet"
• Gaia character in Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus series
• Gaia character in Michael Grant's Gone Series
• Gaia spirit of Earth in the British TV series 'Edge of Darkness' (1985)
• Gaia spirit in film 'Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within' (2001)
• Gaia Moore main character in the 'Fearless' series by Francine Pascal
• Gaia character on the television series "The Almighty Johnson's"
• Gaia Silverwood character in the Spellcaster's Cataclysm Series
• Gaia character on TV's "Rome"
• Gaia planet in video game 'Final Fantasy VII'
• Gaia character in TV's 'The 100'