Sava is a male personal name in South Slavic languages. Perhaps the most famous example is the Serbian medieval prince turned monk Saint Sava. In Croatia, Sava is found as a male name among the Serbs and also as a female name among the Croats, likewise in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a result of the tradition of naming female children after rivers – in this case, after the river Sava. It is also used in Romanian, where it is also a surname.
Given name
- Saint Sava, Serbian archbishop and saint
- Sava II, Serbian archbishop, saint and son of Saint Sava
- Sava III, Serbian archbishop and saint
- Sava II Petrović-Njegoš, Montenegrin monarch
- Sava Antić, Yugoslav footballer
- Sava Athanasiu, Romanian geologist and paleontologist
- Sava Babić, Serbian writer
- Sava Bjelanović, Serbian politician
- Sava Caracaș, Romanian army general
- Sava Dobroplodni, Bulgarian writer
- Sava Dumitrescu, Romanian pharmacologist
- Sava Grujić, Serbian soldier, statesman and diplomat
- Sava Grozdev, Bulgarian mathematician
- Sava Henția, Romanian painter
- Sava Kovačević, Yugoslav partisan
- Sava Mrkalj, Serbian linguist
- Sava Mutkurov, Bulgarian officer and politician
- Sava Ranđelović, Serbian water polo player, Olympic champion
- Sava Saračević, Serbian bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
- Sava Savanović, alleged vampire
- Sava Šumanović, Serbian painter
- Sava Tekelija, Serbian philanthropist
- Sava Vladislavich, Serbian merchant-adventurer in Russian service
Surname
- Andrei Sava (born 1991), Romanian footballer
- Constantin Sava (born 1973), best known as DJ Sava, Romanian DJ and record producer
- Facundo Sava (born 1974), Argentine footballer
- Gabriel Sava (born 1986), Romanian footballer
- George Sava (1903–1996), British surgeon and writer of Russian origin
- Iosif Sava (1933–1998), Romanian musicologist and pianist
- Maria Sava, Romanian rower
- Marius Sava (born 1978), Romanian footballer
- Mihail Sava (born 1991), Moldovan freestyle wrestler
- Răzvan Sava (born 2002), Romanian footballer
- Scott Christian Sava (born 1968), American animator
- Teodora Sava (born 2001), Romanian singer
See also
- Savva (given name)
- Saba (given name), Georgian cognate
- Sabbas
- Savo (given name)
References
- Charlotte Mary Yonge (2004). History of Christian Names. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 0-7661-8321-1.
- "Name Sava". Acta Croatica. Chicago: Croatian Ancestry Limited. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
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