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I read Pat Conroy's book Prince of Tides when I was in high school and LOVED the name Savannah. It was the first time I ever heard the city used as a girls' name but I decided that if I ever had a daughter, I would name her Savannah. I call her Savy now that she is a teenager.

The name Savannah is #10 on the list of top 100 cool baby girl names in the baby name book "Cool Names" by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz.

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When we started the adoption process, we were fully prepared to change our child's given birth name if we didn't like it. Imagine our surprise and delight the first time we heard our daughter's name: Savannah. We NEVER would have picked the name if left to our own devices, but once we heard it we just knew it was perfect. Our little Savannah goes by Savvy most of the time, with an occasional "Savs" thrown in for fun.

My name is Savannah and i always recieve compliments on my name and have only ever met 2 other Savannahs. My middle name is also Georgia and i have met 1 other person with the name Savannah Georgia also.

My daughter's name is Savannah. I don't usually call her by a shortened version of it. I've always wanted to name my first daughter that from the movie Savannah Smiles. But choosing her middle name was a challenge. I finally chose Sage, so I call her that as her 'nickname'. Usually I just call her Savannah. My mom calls her Savvy though.

Oh my gosh, i'm named after the movie savannah smiles too! My middle name is lynn, and my nick name is savy or sav, sometimes savalina or savyloo.

I have a 3 year old we named Savannah Nicole. But upon bringing her home our then 2 and a half year old Maddie started calling her Banna so that has been her nick name :)

Nicknames for Savannah: | Edit

Savvy, Sav, Annah, Vanny, Vann, Vannah

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Famous real-life people named Savannah: | Edit

Marcia Cross' twin girls are named Eden and Savannah

Savannah in song, story & screen: | Edit

Movie -- 'Savannah Smiles' 1982, starring Bridgette Andersen as Savannah