Given name & surname
Santanna
“a saintly woman”·“a saintly man”
Santanna is a variant of Santana. Interpretations include “a saintly woman” (Spanish) and “a saintly man” (Spanish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Santanna is a variant of Santana. Interpretations include “a saintly woman” (Spanish) and “a saintly man” (Spanish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Santanna is a variant of Santana. An origin associated with Santana is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Santanna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 952
- 105 boys · 847 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 74 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −59%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 714 as a first name in 2020; 485 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Santanna’s family of names
Santanna has a related form in Santana.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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