Sava is a male personal name in South Slavic languages. Perhaps the most famous example is the Serbian medieval prince turned monk Saint Sava.[1] In Croatia, Sava is found as a male name among the Serbs and also as a female name among the Croats,[2] 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 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 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
- Marius Sava (born 1978), Romanian footballer
- 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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