Savannah
Savannah is a girls' name of Spanish origin meaning “treeless plain, open grassland.” It ranked #50 in the United States in 2025. Derived from the Spanish word 'sabana' meaning a flat, treeless plain.
how do you pronounce Savannah?
suh-VAN-uh
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what does Savannah mean?
The name Savannah means “treeless plain, open grassland.” It comes from the Spanish language tradition.
Derived from the Spanish word 'sabana' meaning a flat, treeless plain. Also the name of a historic city in Georgia, USA, evoking Southern charm.
where does the name Savannah come from?
From the Spanish sabana, itself borrowed from the Taíno zabana, a word for open treeless grassland that Spanish colonists picked up in the Caribbean. It is one of a small set of English words that entered the language directly from an indigenous Caribbean language.
the history of Savannah
Savannah, Georgia, founded in 1733 as the first city of the colony, gave the word its life as a name. The city takes it from the Savannah River, whose name is separately derived from the Shawnee. The given name rose sharply in America from the late 1980s, entering the top forty, and reads as distinctly southern to American ears.
how popular is this name?
| Year | Rank |
|---|---|
| 2024 | #50 |
| 2023 | #47 |
| 2022 | #44 |
| 2021 | #40 |
| 2020 | #36 |
Source: SSA National Baby Names Dataset
what are the nicknames and variants of Savannah?
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Variants around the world
who are famous people named Savannah?
- Savannah Guthrie (journalist)
- Savannah Chrisley (television personality)
what names are similar to Savannah?
what names go well with Savannah?
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Last reviewed April 30, 2026 · Curated by HushName editorial
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