Savannah
Meaning of Savannah
Savannah, pronounced suh-VAN-uh, first sprouted from the Spanish “sabana,” a word for an open, grassy plain, then took the slow train north to become the genteel name of Georgia’s story-book port city—so in one elegant sweep it blends nature’s wide horizons with Southern hospitality. She feels, as Italians might say, “una brezza di libertà,” a breeze of freedom that rolls across bronze fields much like the sun over the Tuscan Maremma; one almost expects cicadas to tune up and nonna to pour iced limonata. Statistically she is no shrinking violet: after fluttering around the edges for decades, Savannah sashayed into America’s Top 30 in the mid-2000s, and although she now hovers just outside the Top 100, her numbers still outshine many fresher imports—proof that a classic can pirouette gracefully even when the charts shift tempo. Parents are drawn to her warm vowels, her hint of adventure, and a gentle sense of “passport-free” wanderlust; choosing Savannah is rather like booking a lifelong holiday for the soul, sunhat included.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as suh-VAN-uh (/sə'vænə/)
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Notable People Named Savannah
| Savannah Guthrie is an American broadcast journalist and former attorney who has co-anchored NBC's Today since 2012. |
| Savannah Paige Outen is an American singer known for YouTube fame, a 2010 collaboration with Boyce Avenue, and a 2011 Thanksgiving Day Parade appearance. |
| American trampoline gymnast Savannah Vinsant competed at the Youth Olympics and the 2012 Olympics, became the first U.S. trampolinist to reach the Olympic final and placed sixth as the youngest female, and was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2024. |
| Savannah Rose Marshall is a British boxer and mixed martial artist who became the first British female world amateur champion in 2012 and later won the undisputed super middleweight and WBO middleweight titles. |
| Savannah McCaskill is an American midfielder for San Diego Wave FC, a former South Carolina standout and 2018 NWSL second overall pick who played for Sky Blue, Chicago, Racing Louisville, and Angel City, earned 2023 NWSL Second XI honors, and collected six US caps in 2018. |
| Savannah Morgan Lane is a pageant titleholder from Midlothian, Virginia, who won Miss Virginia 2015 and placed in the top 15 at Miss America 2016. |
| Savannah Brown is a poet and author with American and British roots. |
| Savannah Churchill was an American rhythm and blues singer of the 1940s and 1950s best known for the number one hit I Want To Be Loved. |
| Savannah Miller - British American fashion designer Savannah Elizabeth Louise Miller worked with Alexander McQueen and Matthew Williamson, cofounded Twenty8Twelve with her sister Sienna Miller, and launched her own line Savannah in 2012. |
| Savannah Stevenson is an English singer and actress best known for her theatre work. |
| Savannah Wise is an American actress, dancer, and singer known for the NBC series Smash and for Broadway roles in Ragtime, Rock of Ages, and Les Miserables. |
| American singer and songwriter Savannah Grace Conley has released four EPs including her 2018 major label debut Twenty-Twenty on the Elektra imprint Low Country Sound. |
| American skeleton racer Savannah Graybill, a 2010 American University broadcast journalism graduate, competes on the World Cup and works at a sporting goods store in Plattsburgh near Lake Placid, having played field hockey and briefly tried bobsled. |
| Canadian former freestyle swimmer Savannah King won bronze in the 800 metre at the 2007 Pan American Games and silver in the 4x200 metre relay by swimming the preliminary heats. |
| English boxer Savannah Alfia Stubley won bronze in light flyweight at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. |
