Quannah

Native American, Comanche

"fragrant"

Quannah Origin and Meaning

The name Quannah is a girl's name meaning "fragrant".

Model and activist Quannah Chasinghorse has Hän Gwich’in and Oglala Lakota ancestry, but her name originally comes from the Comanche Nation. In Comanche, kwana means "odor" or "smell". A famous male bearer was Quanah Parker, a Comanche war leader.