Sava is a male personal name in

South Slavic languages The South Slavic languages are one of three branches of the Slavic languages. There are approximately 30 million speakers, mainly in the Balkans. These are separated geographically from speakers of the other two Slavic branches (West and East) ...

. 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.

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* Saint Sava, Serbian saint *

Sava II Petrović-Njegoš The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and fina ...

, Montenegrin monarch * Sava Antić, Yugoslav footballer *

Sava Athanasiu Sava Athanasiu (28 April 1861 – 8 April 1946) was a Romanian geologist and paleontologist. Born in Ruginești, Vrancea County, he completed a private high school in Iași, where he was attracted to the natural sciences by his teacher Grigore C ...

, Romanian geologist and paleontologist *

Sava Babić Sava Babić (Cyrillic: Сaвa Бaбић, Palić, January 27, 1934 – Beograd, November 23, 2012), was a Serbian writer, poet, translator and university professor. His life Sava Babić's parents arrived to Vojvodina from Hercegovina. From the ...

, Serbian writer *

Sava Bjelanović Sava Bjelanović ( sr-cyr, Сава Бјелановић; 15 October 1850 – 1897) was a Dalmatian journalist and politician, the leader of the Serb People's Party in Dalmatia and one of the most prominent Dalmatian Serbs of the 19th century. ...

, Serbian politician *

Sava Caracaș Sava Caracaș (1890 – 15 March 1945) was a Romanian brigadier general during World War II. He graduated the Infantry Military School in 1912 with the rank of second lieutenant. He advanced in rank to colonel in 1936. In 1938 Caracaș se ...

, Romanian army general * Sava Dobroplodni, Bulgarian writer *

Sava Dumitrescu Sava Dumitrescu (born January 19, 1927 in Mihăești, Argeș - died September 7, 2019, Iași) was a Romanian pharmacologist and professor at the Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iaşi, Romania. He also served as rector Re ...

, Romanian pharmacologist * Sava Grujić, Serbian soldier, statesman and diplomat *

Sava Grozdev Sava Grozdev ( bg, Сава Гроздев) (born July 13, 1950, in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian mathematician and educator. He currently holds positions as Professor in Mathematics (Mathematical Analysis) and Professor in Mathematical Education ...

, Bulgarian mathematician * Sava Henția, Romanian painter *

Sava Kovačević Sava Kovačević ( sr-cyrl, Сава Ковачевић; 25 January 1905 – 13 June 1943) was a Yugoslav Partisan divisional commander during World War II, and one of the heroes of the communist Partisan movement. Early life Kovačević was ...

, Yugoslav partisan *

Sava Mrkalj Sava Mrkalj ( sr-Cyrl, Сава Мркаљ; ; 1783 – 1833) was a Serb linguist, grammarian, philologist, and poet known for his attempt to reform the Serbian language before Vuk Karadžić. Biography Mrkalj was born in the hamlet of Sjeničak ...

, Serbian linguist *

Sava Mutkurov Sava Atanasov Mutkurov ( bg, Сава Атанасов Муткуров) ( – ) was a Bulgarian officer (Major General) and politician. One of only three recipients of the Order of Bravery 1st grade, he was among the chief architects of the Bulga ...

, Bulgarian officer and politician *

Sava Ranđelović Sava Ranđelović ( sr-cyr, Сава Ранђеловић; born 17 July 1993) is a Serbian water polo player for VasasPlaket and the Serbia men's national water polo team. Representing Serbia, he won European Championship gold medals in 2014 ...

, 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

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Andrei Sava Andrei Sava (born 7 May 1991) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Metaloglobus București. Sava made his Liga I debut on 20 February 2015 for Viitorul Constanța in a 0-3 defeat against Politehnica Iași. He ...

, Romanian footballer * Constantin Sava, best known as DJ Sava, Romanian DJ and record producer * Facundo Sava, Argentinian footballer * Gabriel Sava, Romanian footballer * Marius Sava, Romanian footballer * Teodora Sava, Romanian singer

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