Savayah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Savayah by the numbers

Savayah was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Savayah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Savayah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Savanahtreeless plain or grassland; alternate spelling of Savannah73 in the US (2017)
  • Sarayahprincess of god; a form of Sarah8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Samayah24 in the US (2017)
  • Sanayah13 in the US (2017)
  • Savaya12 in the US (2017)
  • Salayah8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Savayah

Names that are said the same way as Savayah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Safiapure; serene38 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Safeeyapure, serene; the chosen one3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Saveah7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Savayah

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