Savannah

Spanish
"flat tropical grassland"

Savannah Origin and Meaning

The name Savannah is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning "flat tropical grassland".

A place name with a deep Southern accent, the once-obscure Savannah shot to fame, with others of its genre, on the heels of the best seller Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which was set in the mossy Georgia city of Savannah. Originally a substitute for the overused Samantha, Savannah is now becoming overused itself, long among the top girls' names starting with S.

Before that, there were Savannahs in the novel and movie The Prince of Tides, in the Terry McMillan hit novel and film Waiting to Exhale, played by Whitney Houston and, even earlier, in a 1982 movie called Savannah Smiles.

Savannah has actually been on the popularity list since records started being kept in the 1880's; she's been in the Top 100 since 1993. Desperate Housewives' Marcia Cross chose Savannah for her twin daughter, and it's the name of Queen Elizabeth's first great-grandchild. And Savannah Guthrie can be seen every morning on the Today Show.

# 92 in the US

Savannah Rank in US Top 1000

# 409 on Nameberry

Savannah Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Savannah Popularity

Famous People Named Savannah

  • Savannah Outen
    American singer
  • Savannah Miller
    American designer
  • Savannah (born Shannon Michelle Wilsey)
    American adult film actress
  • Savannah Clark Guthrie
    American journalist
  • Savannah Janine "Savvy" Shields
    Miss America 2017
  • Savannah King
    Canadian Olympic swimmer
  • Savannah Rose LeBrant (Soutas)
    American Social Media personality
  • Savannah Read
    English actress
  • Savannah Chrisley
    daughter of reality TV personality Todd Chrisley of "Chrisley Knows Best"
  • Savannah Jordan
    daughter of musician and reality TV personality Stevie J ("Leave It to Stevie")
  • Savannah Jane Buffett (b. 1979)
    daughter of singer Jimmy Buffett
  • Savannah Birnbaum (b. 1995)
    daughter of model Janice Dickinson and Michael Birnbaum
  • Savannah Seagal (b. 1996)
    daughter of actor Steven Seagal
  • Savannah Baffert (b. 1998)
    daughter of horse racing trainer Bob Baffert
  • Savannah Gibson (b. 1999)
    daughter of singers Daisy Dern and Dave Gibson
  • Savannah Adshead
    daughter of director Chris Adshead and actress Shaunna O'Grady
  • Savannah Smith
    daughter of actor Rex Smith
  • Savannah Jean Anderson (b. 2003)
    daughter of singer Coffey Anderson
  • Savannah Jane Masche (b. 2007)
    sextuplet on reality TV series "Raising Sextuplets"
  • Savannah Rose Mahoney (b. 2007)
    daughter of actress Marcia Cross; twin sister of Eden Geneva
  • Savannah Gail Worley (b. 2008)
    daughter of singer Darryl Worley
  • Savannah Anne Kathleen Phillips (b. 2010); daughter of Peter Phillips; eldest great
    granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II
  • Savannah O'Keefe (b. 2012)
    daughter of Australian rules footballer Ryan O'Keefe
  • Savannah Tanner
    middle child/third daughter/4th child of Johnny and Sara Tanner, youtube family Yawi Vlogs and Tannerites
  • Savannah Elizabeth McCaskill
    American soccer player

Savannah in Pop Culture

  • Savannah
    Georgia, USA
  • Savannah Curtis
    main character in Nicholas Sparks' "Dear John"
  • Savannah Driscoll
    main character in 1982 film "Savannah Smiles"
  • Savannah Smiles
    a Girl Scout cookie
  • Savannah King
    character in film "Red"
  • Savannah "Savi" Davis
    character on TV's "Mistresses"
  • Savannah Kinkirk
    daughter of Lucy and Kevin on TV's "Seventh Heaven"
  • Savannah Snow
    character in the "Caster Chronicles" books by Kami Garcia
  • Savannah Sinclair
    character in Heather Vogel Frederick's "The Mother,Daughter Book Club"
  • Savannah
    character in Aphmau's YouTube series "Phoenix Drop High"
  • Savannah Reed
    main character in SophieGTV's LPS Popular
  • Savannah Constance Levine
    character in "Women of the Otherworld" by Kelley Armstrong