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 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
  • Leah Sava Jeffries, plays Annabeth Chase in the TV series.
  • 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

  • Saint Sava (disambiguation)
  • Savva (given name)
  • Saba (given name), Georgian cognate
  • Sabbas
  • Savo (given name)

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