Savvy
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 40 babies a year in the US.
Savvy by the numbers
Savvy was given to 40 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Savvy
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 Savvy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Savoya region in france; savoy cabbage5 in the US (2017)
- Savy5 in the US (2017)
- Sallyprincess; a diminutive of Sarah242 in the US (2017)
- Sammygod has heard; a form of Samuel28 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sandydefender of men; a form of Alexander105 in the US (2017)
- Sanvibeautiful and virtuous woman18 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Savvy
Names that are said the same way as Savvy, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Savvy
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