What Does The Name Savannah Mean?

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What does the name Savannah mean? Find out below.

Origin and Meaning of Savannah

User Submitted Meanings

According to a user from United Kingdom, the name Savannah is of Unknown origin and means "Follower of Jesus".
A user from Missouri, United States says the name Savannah is of American origin and means "From the open plain".
A user from Australia says the name Savannah is of Philippines origin and means "Princess".
A user from Missouri, United States says the name Savannah is of Unknown origin and means "Best Ever".
According to a user from Illinois, United States, the name Savannah is of Spanish origin and means ""Treeless plain"".

Other origins: English and African American

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Origin of Savannah

Savannah Means

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Other Dictionary Sources

A flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
Synonyms: savanna
A port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah river
A river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic
Synonyms: savannah river

Wiktionary

The cities are named after the Savannah River, possibly derived from Shawnee or Algonquian.

The name of a river and several cities in the United States.
A female given name from the word savannah or from the place name; also spelled Savanna.

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Savannah Guthrie

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Savannah Elizabeth Louise Miller

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Savannah Outen

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Savannah Marshall

Savannah was born on May 19th, 1991 in Hartlepool.

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Savannah Smith Boucher

Savannah Smith Boucher is an actress and actor. Savannah was given the name Janice Elaine Boucher by her parent Jesse L. Boucher on October 28th, 1943 in Springhill, Louisiana, U.S.

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Savannah Sanitoa

Savannah was born on April 30th, 1987.

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How popular is the baby name Savannah in the U.S.?

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born	Ranking
1880	17	17	0
1881	24	24	0
1882	20	20	0
1883	27	27	0
1884	36	36	0
1885	26	26	0
1886	32	32	0
1887	33	33	0
1888	37	37	0
1889	33	33	0
1890	33	33	0
1891	40	40	0
1892	47	47	0
1893	34	34	0
1894	38	38	0
1895	37	37	0
1896	31	31	0
1897	36	36	0
1898	46	46	0
1899	37	37	0
1900	53	53	0
1901	45	45	0
1902	53	53	0
1903	35	35	0
1904	31	31	0
1905	55	55	0
1906	37	37	0
1907	43	43	0
1908	45	45	0
1909	48	48	0
1910	60	60	0
1911	50	45	5
1912	59	59	0
1913	54	54	0
1914	62	62	0
1915	63	63	0
1916	63	63	0
1917	83	83	0
1918	74	74	0
1919	74	74	0
1920	89	89	0
1921	79	79	0
1922	69	69	0
1923	54	54	0
1924	88	88	0
1925	74	74	0
1926	54	54	0
1927	57	57	0
1928	65	65	0
1929	51	51	0
1930	42	42	0
1931	50	50	0
1932	42	42	0
1933	39	39	0
1934	48	48	0
1935	40	40	0
1936	36	36	0
1937	49	49	0
1938	35	35	0
1939	48	48	0
1940	42	42	0
1941	48	48	0
1942	30	30	0
1943	42	42	0
1944	34	34	0
1945	36	36	0
1946	35	35	0
1947	49	49	0
1948	35	35	0
1949	41	41	0
1950	44	44	0
1951	39	39	0
1952	32	32	0
1953	30	30	0
1954	40	40	0
1955	23	23	0
1956	43	43	0
1957	29	29	0
1958	25	25	0
1959	21	21	0
1960	21	21	0
1961	25	25	0
1962	17	17	0
1963	23	23	0
1964	12	12	0
1965	14	14	0
1966	15	15	0
1967	11	11	0
1968	15	15	0
1969	19	19	0
1970	30	30	0
1971	21	21	0
1972	22	22	0
1973	23	23	0
1974	17	17	0
1975	17	17	0
1976	19	19	0
1977	23	23	0
1978	21	21	0
1979	40	40	0
1980	46	46	0
1981	43	43	0
1982	118	118	0
1983	440	434	6
1984	869	869	0
1985	1,326	1,321	5
1986	1,817	1,810	7
1987	1,469	1,469	0
1988	1,322	1,313	9
1989	1,293	1,288	5
1990	1,402	1,402	0
1991	1,648	1,648	0
1992	2,185	2,185	0
1993	3,348	3,342	6	#96 girl name
1994	4,394	4,385	9	#82 girl name
1995	4,913	4,903	10	#68 girl name
1996	7,007	6,998	9	#43 girl name
1997	6,578	6,578	0	#47 girl name
1998	6,468	6,463	5	#44 girl name
1999	6,805	6,805	0	#42 girl name
2000	7,111	7,099	12	#37 girl name
2001	6,743	6,737	6	#42 girl name
2002	6,586	6,580	6	#39 girl name
2003	6,159	6,153	6	#41 girl name
2004	5,847	5,811	36	#41 girl name
2005	6,490	6,480	10	#35 girl name
2006	7,096	7,088	8	#30 girl name
2007	7,055	7,046	9	#30 girl name
2008	6,134	6,122	12	#33 girl name
2009	5,599	5,594	5	#39 girl name
2010	5,376	5,371	5	#44 girl name
2011	5,446	5,446	0	#41 girl name
2012	5,190	5,190	0	#42 girl name
2013	5,241	5,241	0	#36 girl name
2014	5,472	5,472	0	#38 girl name
2015	5,451	5,444	7	#38 girl name
2016	5,358	5,358	0	#38 girl name
2017	5,231	5,222	9	#38 girl name

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Common last names for Savannah

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Hill

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Ethnicity	Savannah	U.S.
█	White	33.02%	64.26%
█	African American	59.21%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	0.00%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	0.00%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	2.22%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	4.92%	16.26%

Ethnicity

Savannah

U.S.

█

White

33.02%

64.26%

█

African American

59.21%

11.96%

█

Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander

0.00%

4.85%

█

American Indian and Alaska Native

0.00%

0.69%

█

Two or More Ethnicities

2.22%

1.76%

█

Hispanic or Latino

4.92%

16.26%

Fun Facts about the name Savannah

What name lists does Savannah rank for?

#36	Girl Name of the 2010s

#38	Girl Name of the 2000s

#27	Girl Names Unique to the Rockies

#18	Girl Names Unique to Alaska

#10	Girl Names Unique to Florida

How Popular is the name Savannah? Savannah is the 433^rd most popular name of all time. In 2017 Savannah was the 38^th most popular name. As a last name Savannah was the 35,671^st most popular name in 2010.

How many people with the first name Savannah have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 165,059 babies born with the first name Savannah in the United States. That's more than enough people named Savannah to occupy the territory of Guam (USA) with an estimated population of 159,358 (as of April 1, 2010).

What year were 5 or more babies first named Savannah? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 17 new born babies.

When was Savannah first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Savannah is Friday, March 8th, 1867.

What year had the most people named Savannah born? The highest recorded use of the first name Savannah was in 2000 with a total of 7,099 babies. That's a lot of babies named Savannah!

Random Savannah Factoid: According to the 1991 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Savannah ranks 100^th in popularity as a baby girl's name in Arkansas. Imagine that, 31 babies in Arkansas have the same name as you in 1991.

Weird things about the name Savannah: Your name in reverse order is Hannavas. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Nnashaav. How do you pronounce that?

How many people have the last name Savannah? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 630 people with the last name Savannah.

How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Savannah? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Savannah as their last name since less than 1 person in 476k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!

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