At a Glance
- 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
huh-VAN-uhIPA /həˈvænə/
Popularity of Havana
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