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Santana

What does Santana mean?

Santana Pronunciation of Santana as a boys' name (also used less widely as girls' name Santana) is pronounced san-TAN-ah. It is of Spanish origin. A blend of Saint and Anna, after the fashion of Sinclair. Rock guitarist Carlos Santana has made the name familiar.

STARTS/ENDS WITH San-, -na

ASSOCIATED WITH rock

Variations

VARIANT Santanna

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Santana Aurelio (S.A.), ..

How popular is Santana?

Santana is an uncommonly occurring given name for men but a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#710 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Santana entered the list in 1970-1979 and reached its highest position of #732 in the U.S. in the year 2018. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Santana name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Santana outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular related forms of Santana (#732 LAST YEAR) rated in the Top 2000 are Anna, Saint (#859) and Sinclair. Usage of these relations of Santana was well-received in 2018, except for the version Anna which has become less stylish. Saint and Santana are two of the more contemporarily stylish baby names among these.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Santana, Anna, Saint, Sinclair in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Santana and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Santana is pronounced similarly to Santino. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Fontana, Janna, Montana, Montanna, Sagan, Sajan, Salman, Salton, Sandino, Sanjay, Sanson, Sansone, Sante, Santeago (see Santiago), Santee, Santiaco (see Santiago), Santiago, Santigo, Santo, Santos, Saxton, Scanlan, Shanan, Shannan, Stan, Stana, Stanten, Stanton and Swanton. These names tend to be more frequently used than Santana.


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