Gaia (also spelled Gaea) is a primordial deity and the personification of the Earth in Greek mythology.

Gaia or Gaea may also refer to:

Environmentalism

  • Gaia hypothesis, concerns the stability of Earth's natural systems
  • Gaia philosophy, the concept that living organisms will improve their environment
  • Gaia, the Earth in Gaianism

Places

  • Gaea (crater), crater on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter
  • 1184 Gaea, a minor planet in the main asteroid belt
  • Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados
  • Vila Nova de Gaia, a city and municipality in northern Portugal
  • Gaia River, Romania
  • Gaia, a village in Murgași Commune, Dolj County, Romania
  • Gaià River, a river in Catalonia
  • Gaià, a village in Catalonia
  • Gaia (a.k.a. Sofia), one of the Echinades islands in the Ionian Sea
  • Gaia, a rock climbing route at Black Rocks (Derbyshire)

Fictional locations

  • Gaea, a planet in the anime television series The Vision of Escaflowne (1996)
  • Gaea, an island in the young-adult novel The Arm of the Starfish (1965) by Madeleine L'Engle
  • Gaean Reach, a fictional region in space in works by Jack Vance
  • Gaia (Final Fantasy VII), a fictional world from the videogame Final Fantasy VII

People, characters, figures

  • Armin van Buuren (born 1976), DJ who uses the pseudonym Gaia
  • Gaia (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee

Given name

  • Gaia (singer) (born 1997), Italian singer-songwriter
  • Gaia (artist), American street artist
  • Gaea Schell, pianist/composer and singer
  • Gaia Germani (born 1942), Italian actress
  • Gaia Cauchi (born 2002), Maltese singer
  • Gaia Vince, British journalist, broadcaster and non-fiction author
  • Gaia Weiss (born 1991), French actress and model
  • Gaia Girace (born 2003), Italian actress

Surname

  • Brian Gaia (born 1994), American football player
  • Michele Gaia (born 1985), Italian cyclist
  • Santos Gaia (born 1978), Brazilian footballer

Characters

  • Gaea, a character in the dystopian fiction novella Anthem (1937) by Ayn Rand
  • Gaea, a character in the fictional novel series The Heroes of Olympus (2010) by Rick Riordan
  • Gaia (Rome character), character in the historical-drama television series Rome (2005–2007)
  • Ultraman Gaia, a character in the tokusatsu television series of the same name (1998)
  • Gaia Moore, the heroine of the teen-novel series Fearless by Francine Pascal
  • Gaia (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
  • Gaia (Image Comics), an Image Comics character
  • Gaia (a.k.a. gaiaphage), a supernatural creature in the novel series Gone by Michael Grant
  • Gaia, a character in the drama television series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011)
  • Gaia, the spirit of Earth in the animated television series Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996)
  • Gaia, the spirit of Earth in the British TV series Edge of Darkness (1985)
  • GAIA, fictional highly advanced A.I. character in Horizon Zero Dawn (2017)
  • Gaia the Fierce Knight, a card and character in Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game

Transportation and vehicular

  • Gaia spacecraft, European space mission launched in 2013
  • Toyota Gaia, a multi-purpose vehicle

Fictional

  • Gaia, the spaceship from the novel The Magellanic Cloud by Stanisław Lem
  • A ship in Star Luster and Star Ixiom

Groups, organisations

  • Gaia (arts venue), an arts center in Havana, Cuba
  • Gaia Earth Sciences, an oilfield services company
  • Gaia, Inc., formerly Gaiam, an online video subscription service
  • Gaea Japan, a wrestling promotion that terminated in 2005
  • GAIA locomotive, a former Argentine locomotive builder
  • Gaia Movement USA, a USA-based charitable organization
  • Gaia Online, a social networking website
  • Gaia Trafikk, a former Norwegian company
  • Gaia-X, European secure data infrastructure project
  • Project Gaia, a U.S. nonprofit NGO

Arts, entertainment, media

  • Gaia (Jerram), a 2018 installation artwork by Luke Jerram
  • Gaia (film), 2021 South African horror thriller film.

Games

  • Game Artificial Intelligence with Agents, an engine in Outcast (1999)
  • Gaia, cancelled video game by Electronic Arts' Motive Studios
  • G.A.I.A., a frequent type of technology in Bandai Namco's UGSF
  • A high-power mech weapon in Shadow Labyrinth (2025)
  • Gaïa (Polaris), a 1998 supplement for the role-playing game Polaris
  • Gaia Project, a board game

Literature

  • Gaea trilogy, a series of science-fiction novels (1979, 1980 and 1984) by John Varley
  • Gaia Gear, a series of five novels by Yoshiyuki Tomino
  • GAIA (journal), an academic journal concerned with environmental and sustainability problems
  • Gaia Girls, an environmental fantasy children's book series by Lee Welles
  • Gaia, a fantasy comic by Oliver Knörzer and Puri Andini hosted on their Sandra and Woo website

Music

  • GAIA Chamber Music Festival, a music festival in Thun, Switzerland
  • Roland SH-01 Gaia, a synthesizer manufactured by Roland Corporation
  • Gaia (band), a Dutch trance project started by Armin van Buuren

Albums

  • Gaia (2002), an album by the Japanese rock band Janne Da Arc
  • Gaia (1994), an EP by the Swedish metal band Tiamat
  • Gaia (Mägo de Oz album) (2003)
  • Gaia (Marilyn Crispell album) (1988)
  • Gaia: One Woman's Journey, a 1994 album by the Australian singer Olivia Newton-John
  • Gaia-Onbashira, a 1998 album by the Japanese New Age musician Kitarō
  • GAIA, a 2003 album by Alan Simon
  • Gaïa (Lionel Loueke album) (2015)
  • GAIA, a 2020 album by Blank Banshee
  • Gaia, a 2023 mixtape by slayr

Songs

  • "Gaia (The Vultures)", a song by God Forbid from Earthsblood (2009)
  • "Gaia", a song by In Hearts Wake from Earthwalker (2014)
  • "Gaia", a song by Peter Hammill from Fireships (1993)
  • "Gaia", a song by Kitarō from Gaia-Onbashira (1998)
  • "Gaia", a song by James Taylor from Hourglass (1997)
  • "Gaia", a song by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from Omnium Gatherum (2022)
  • "Gaea", a song by Pentangle from So Early in the Spring (1989)
  • "Gaia", a song by Devin Townsend from Synchestra (2006)
  • "Gaia", a song by Valensia from Valensia (1993)
  • "Gaia", a song by Tiamat from Wildhoney (1994)

Other uses

  • Gaia, the user interface of Firefox OS
  • Gaia catalogues, several star catalogues produced by the Gaia space telescope
  • Gaia, the early Earth prior to its collision with Theia, that formed the Moon

See also

  • Gai (disambiguation)
  • Gaia (comics), several meanings
  • Gaja (disambiguation)
  • Gaya (disambiguation)
  • Kaia (disambiguation)
  • Gaian (disambiguation)