[ 3 syll. sa-van-nah, sav-ann-ah ] The baby girl name Savannah is pronounced as Saa-V AA-Naa- †. Savannah is primarily used in English and its language of origin is also English. It is from the elements 'savannah' ; 'zabana' meaning savannah. The name is derived from the common English word for a flat grassland; the word itself is of Native American origin.