Savannah

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Sabhana in IN India, ID Indonesia, Savanna in PL Poland, UA Ukraine, סוואנה in IL Israel and Savana in BG Bulgaria.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Savannah is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name28K records spelled Savannah50 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Canada, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Savanna, Savana, Savanne, Sabana, Sabaña

• Turkish given name406 records spelled Savannah8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Türkiye, United States

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Savan, Şavan, Savanna, Sàvànnah

• a separate name108 records spelled Savannah2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ghana, United States, Finland, Gabon

  Also written Såvånnåh

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Savannah is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, city, GA

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• Savana

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Savanna Samsonb. 1967USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress
• Savannah Guthrieb. 1971USAmerican journalist and attorney (born 1971)
• Savannah Welchb. 1984USAmerican actress, singer
• Savannah Goldb. 1984GBBritish former pornographic actress (1984-2011)
• Savannah Outenb. 1992USAmerican singer
• Savannah Jaydeb. 1994USAmerican actress
• Savannah Stehlinb. 1996USAmerican actress and singer
• Savannah Steynb. 1996GBBritish actress (born 1996)
• Savannah McCaskillb. 1996USAmerican soccer player
• Savannah Phillipsb. 2010GBgranddaughter of Anne, Princess Royal; great-granddaughter of Elizabeth II

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 802 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Savannah?

We estimate roughly 155 thousand people bear Savannah (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Savannah have the most bearers?

We estimate about 150 thousand people bear Savannah in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled savannah.

Where is Savannah most common?

Savannah is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.2 thousand people carrying it.

What does the name Savannah mean?

Recorded meaning: Savannah är som förnamn ett lån av de likalydande ortnamnen (på en flod och flera städer) i södra USA, kanske inspirerat av vanliga förnamn som Anna och Hannah.