Savanna

Borrowed from the Taino word sabana, meaning an open grassy plain, which entered English through Spanish. The spelling reflects the ecological grassland rather than the Georgia city. American parents adopted both variants in large numbers during the turn of the millennium.

The name reads as a product of the mid-2000s suburban middle school directory. It suggests someone who grew up on early social media platforms and digital point-and-shoot cameras. Today the typical bearer is roughly twenty-two and navigating entry-level email etiquette. She has spent her entire life clarifying that there is no letter at the end.