At a Glance: Name: Havana – Origin: Spanish (place name, ultimately Taíno) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: huh-VAN-uh
Havana is a Spanish (place name, ultimately Taíno) girl's name. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Havana
Origin: Spanish (place name, ultimately Taíno).
A common claim: Means "harbor" (Taíno) Actually: 'Harbor' isn't the recorded etymology — Wiktionary traces the place name instead to either a Taíno chief's name or the Taíno word for 'savannah,' with the exact derivation unsettled.
Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.
How to Pronounce Havana
Phonetic: huh-VAN-uh IPA: /həˈvænə/
Popularity of Havana
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1898–2024.
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