Sedona
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 67 babies a year in the US.
Sedona by the numbers
Sedona was given to 67 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 91 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Sedona
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 Sedona. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- SeonaGod is gracious; a form of Shona6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sednagoddess of the sea and marine animals5 in the US (2017)
- Sidona4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Selenamoon goddess; a form of Selene1,296 in the US (2017)
- Serenacalm, peaceful, tranquil761 in the US (2017)
- Selinamoon goddess; form of Selene64 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Sedona
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