The baby name Savaan is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced suh-VAHN (IPA: /səˈvɑːn/).
The baby name Savaan is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced suh-VAHN (IPA: /səˈvɑːn/).
Savaan is Hindi, Sanskrit in Origin.
Savaan is a modern transliteration of the South Asian given name Sawan/Savan, from Hindi-Punjabi Sāvan (Devanagari सावन; Shahmukhi/Urdu ساون), the monsoon month in the Hindu lunisolar calendar, cognate with Sanskrit Śrāvaṇa. The name evokes the rains, renewal, fertility, and devotional fervor; in North India this month is sacred to Shiva (e.g., Sawan Somvar fasts) and colored by festivals and love poetry. Pronounced sah-VAHN, it carries an auspicious, seasonal sense rather than a lexical meaning.
As a given name, Savaan has been used across Hindi- and Punjabi-speaking communities and among the diaspora, often for boys born during the rainy season or to invoke good fortune. Spelling variants include Sawan, Savan, Saavan, and Saawan; related forms are Shravan/Shravana (Sanskrit), and the feminine derivative Saavni. The double-a in Savaan reflects attempts to capture the long vowel ā in Latin script.
Savaan barely registers. Across 4 countries, we found just 7 recorded uses of it.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,142 | 2 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
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