Given name
Quanah
“one who has a pleasant scent”
Quanah is used as a given name. One Native American interpretation is “one who has a pleasant scent.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “one who has a pleasant scent.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Quanah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 232
- 192 boys · 40 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 307 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Quanah’s family of names
Quanah has a related form in Quiana. Quanah has a related form in Quana. Quanah has a related form in Quanna.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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