Entry № 9397 · Cherokee origin

Sequoia Sequoia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ seh-KWOY-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Cherokee
Meaning
"Giant redwood (Sequoyah's tree)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Cherokee)

A name that means "giant redwood (sequoyah's tree)".

Sequoia is the genus of giant redwood trees — named after Sequoyah (c.

Sequoia is widely used in modern naming.

Giant redwood. Sequoyah's tree.

The name in its native script.

Sequoia
Transliteration
Sequoia
Pronunciation
/ səˈkwɔɪ.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sequoia stands.

Sequoia does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Sequoias before her.

Real people
Sequoyah
Cherokee polymath, creator of Cherokee syllabary.
c. 1770 – 1843
In fiction
Sequoia
Common in modern fiction.

Names connected to Sequoia.

The number behind Sequoia.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sequoia reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.