Savanah
A girls’ name of English origin, meaning treeless plain or grassland; alternate spelling of Savannah.
Savanah by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Savanah. In the US, 73 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 512 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Savanah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Savanatreeless plain or grassland62 in the US (2017)
- Savayah11 in the US (2017)
- Savannatreeless plain or grassland534 in the US (2017)
- Sahanapatient; forbearing; easy to bear136 in the US (2017)
- Samarahevening conversation; a form of Samara75 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Savanah
Names that are said the same way as Savanah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Savanah, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Everlywild boar meadow; form of Everley3,510 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Savanah
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