Sequoia name - Meaning of Sequoia

Sequoia name - Meaning of Sequoia

Gender

Masculine & Feminine

Lucky Number

6

Usage

English (Rare), Native American

Pronounced

sə-KOI-ə

Sequoia Meaning

From the name of huge trees that grow in California. The tree got its name from the Cherokee scholar Sequoya (also known as George Guess), the inventor of the Cherokee alphabet. Sequoia originates in Native American language of the Cherokees and is taken from the name of coniferous trees known as redwoods, which grow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. It is believed that Sequoia tree got its name after George Gist, called Sequoyah, a Cherokee silversmith and creator of the Cherokee alphabet.