Quannah

Model and activist Quannah Chasinghorse has Hän Gwich’in and Oglala Lakota ancestry, but her name originally comes from the Comanche Nation. In Comanche, kwana means "odor" or "smell". A famous male bearer was Quanah Parker, a Comanche war leader.

Pronounced KWAH-nuh.

As of October 2026, Quannah ranked #10961 for girls in US births in 1978 SSA.