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Girl · Taíno, through Spanish
Savanna Say it: suh-VAN-uh
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Meaning From the English word savanna 'tropical grassland', from Spanish sabana, from a Taíno word.
Certain scholars agree on this meaning.
A spelling of Savannah, used for girls in the US from the 1980s.
Its wave through time Most used in the 2000s
In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2000 per 100,000 babies of that sex 31,264 babies given this name since 1916 At its height in 2000, about 1 in 1,200 girls 450 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Savannah
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.