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Names like Savannah

Savannah is a three-syllable English name that ends in -ah. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.

The same sound

Three syllables, ending the same way as Savannah.

Janiyah English · modern coinage from Jan- root plus -iyah
Kamiyah English · modern coinage in the -iyah suffix family, no traceable etymology
Zaniyah English · modern coinage in the -iyah suffix family, no traceable etymology
Zariyah English · modern coinage in the -iyah suffix family, no traceable etymology

The same roots

Also English names, from the tradition Savannah comes from.

Beverley English · From the English place name Beverley in Yorkshire, meaning beaver stream or beaver clearing.
Ashleigh English · a historical spelling variant of Ashley, from Old English aesc, ash tree, plus leah, meadow or clearing; originally an English surname
Aspen English · from the aspen tree / place name
Shelby English · English surname of Old Norse origin, 'willow farm'

The same feel

Also nature and place names.

Tallulah Native-American · leaping water, from a Native American place name
Sienna Italian · the English word for an orange-red color, ultimately from the city of Siena and its clay
Everest Welsh · from Mount Everest, named for surveyor Sir George Everest
Sequoia Native-American · named for the giant sequoia tree, itself honoring Cherokee scholar Sequoyah

Names of the same moment

Each of these is at its highest in the 2000s, the same decade as Savannah, on a similar curve.

Taniyah English · modern coinage, elaboration of Tania/Tanya with a fashionable -iyah ending
Jamiyah English · modern coinage, blend of Jamie with a fashionable -iyah ending
Makiyah English · modern coinage, blend of Makayla/Mikayla with a fashionable -iyah ending
Jaleah English · modern coinage, phonetic blend of Jayla and Aaliyah
The full Savannah page: meaning, origin and 130 years of records
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