Zavannah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zuh-VAN-uh
- Origin
- English
Zavannah is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “treeless grassland”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Zavannah mean?
English: Z-spelling of Savannah, from Spanish sabana, from Taíno
“treeless grassland”
Z-spelling of Savannah, from the word for a flat grassland, which came into English through Spanish from the Taíno language.
Is Zavannah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zavannah is a girls' name.
How popular is Zavannah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Zavannah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zavannah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Zavannah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marigold, Palmer, Savannah, Zariah, Ximena, Juniper, Alaia, Sawyer, Amora, Solana, Indigo, Zaniyah
Names related to Zavannah
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zavannah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zavannah, updated 20 October 2026.