Entry № 9358 · 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. 1770-1843), the Cherokee polymath who created the Cherokee syllabary. The Sequoia National Park preserves the world's largest trees.

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.