Sedona: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “uncertain; from place name Sedona”
- Origin
- Unknown
- Say it
- seh-DOH-nuh · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
Used from the Arizona place name Sedona. The town was named after Sedona Schnebly, whose given name has uncertain origin and meaning. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.
How popular is Sedona?
Babies named Sedona in 2024118
2024 rank#1,720 girls
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 18802,248
Sedona is rising: use over the last five years is 2.3× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Sedona
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
- Avauncertain; possibly bird or life · Unknown
- Mayauncertain; often illusion or water · Unknown
- Ailanyuncertain · Unknown
- Alanauncertain; often linked to little rock or handsome · Unknown
- Leiauncertain; often used as a form of Leah · Unknown
- Londonfrom London, place name · Unknown
- Nayeliuncertain; often said to mean I love you · Unknown
- Elorauncertain; perhaps from Eliora or Laura · Unknown
Sedona questions
What does the name Sedona mean?
Sedona means "uncertain; from place name Sedona". It comes from Unknown. Used from the Arizona place name Sedona. The town was named after Sedona Schnebly, whose given name has uncertain origin and meaning.
Is Sedona a boy or girl name?
Sedona is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Sedona?
118 US babies were named Sedona in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Sedona?
Sedona is usually pronounced seh-DOH-nuh.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.