Geena is a 20th-century American variant of Gina — the Italian short form of names ending in -gina (such as Regina, queen). Geena Davis (born Virginia Elizabeth Davis, 1956) — *American actress; Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Accidental Tourist (1988); Best Actress Oscar nomination for Thelma & Louise (1991, opposite Susan Sarandon, a feminist landmark in American cinema). Star of A League of Their Own (1992) and The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996). Semifinalist for the US women's archery team at the 1999 Olympic Trials (placed 24th out of 28; took up archery at age 41). In 2004 founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media — research-based advocacy that has driven measurable change in female representation in Hollywood films and TV (its data formed the basis of the Bechdel-Wallace test's mainstream adoption). Two Oscars (one as honorary). Mensa member with reported IQ of 140. Mother of three by ex-husband Reza Jarrahy*.
Subject of Davis's memoir Dying of Politeness (2022).
Geena does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Geena reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.