Sava is a male personal name in
South Slavic languages. Perhaps the most famous example is the
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
n medieval prince turned monk
Saint Sava
Saint Sava ( sr, Свети Сава, Sveti Sava, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; gr, Άγιος Σάββας; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1236), known as the Enlightener, was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalou ...
. In
Croatia
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, Sava is found as a male name among the Serbs and also as a female name among the Croats,
likewise in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
, a result of the tradition of naming female children after rivers – in this case, after the
river Sava. It is also used in
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
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**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
*** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
** Romanian cuisine, tradition ...
, where it is also a surname.
Given name
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Saint Sava
Saint Sava ( sr, Свети Сава, Sveti Sava, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; gr, Άγιος Σάββας; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1236), known as the Enlightener, was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalou ...
, Serbian saint
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Sava II Petrović-Njegoš, Montenegrin monarch
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Sava Antić
Sava Antić (Serbian Cyrillic: Сава Антић; 1 March 1930 – 26 July 1998) was a Serbian football player and manager.
Biography
He won the Yugoslav Cup 3 times, in 1953, 1955, and 1962, being the scorer in all the 3 cup finals. He starte ...
, Yugoslav footballer
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Sava Athanasiu, Romanian geologist and paleontologist
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Sava Babić, Serbian writer
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Sava Bjelanović, Serbian politician
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Sava Caracaș, Romanian army general
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Sava Dobroplodni, Bulgarian writer
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Sava Dumitrescu, Romanian pharmacologist
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Sava Grujić
Sava Grujić ( sr-cyr, Сава Грујић, ; 25 November 1840 – 3 November 1913) was a Serbian politician, statesman, general, army officer, and author, serving five times as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Serbia under two different mona ...
, Serbian soldier, statesman and diplomat
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Sava Grozdev, Bulgarian mathematician
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Sava Henția
Sava Henția (1 February 1848, Sebeșel - 21 February 1904, Sebeșel) was an Imperial Austrian-born Romanian painter, decorator and illustrator.
Biography
He was one of fourteen surviving children of a priest. In 1862, after finishing his primar ...
, Romanian painter
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Sava Kovačević, Yugoslav partisan
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Sava Mrkalj, Serbian linguist
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Sava Mutkurov, Bulgarian officer and politician
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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
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Sava Savanović, alleged vampire
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Sava Šumanović, Serbian painter
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Sava Tekelija
Sava Tekelija ( sr, Сава Текелија) (1761–1842) was the first Serbian doctor of law, the founder of the Tekelijanum, president of the Matica srpska, philanthropist, noble, and merchant. , Serbian philanthropist
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Sava Vladislavich
Count Sava Lukich Vladislavich-Raguzinsky (russian: Са́вва Луки́ч Рагузи́нский-Владиславич; sr, Сава Владиславић Рагузински, ''Sava Vladislavić Raguzinski''; 16 January 1669 – 17 June ...
, Serbian merchant-adventurer in Russian service
Surname
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Andrei Sava, Romanian footballer
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Constantin Sava, best known as DJ Sava, Romanian DJ and record producer
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Facundo Sava
Facundo Sava (born 7 March 1974) is an Argentine football manager and former footballer who played as a forward.
Sava played 17 years of professional football, mainly representing Gimnasia and Racing Club in the Argentine Primera División ...
, Argentinian footballer
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Gabriel Sava, Romanian footballer
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Marius Sava, Romanian footballer
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Teodora Sava
Teodora Sava (, born November 27, 2001, Piatra Neamț) is a singer, former Antena 1 television channel star, and former contestant on the international music talent competition '' X Factor Romania''.
Biography
Teodora Sava was born on Novembe ...
, Romanian singer
See also
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Savva (given name)
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Saba (given name), Georgian cognate
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Sabbas Sabbas (Σάββας pronounced Sávvas) is a Greek masculine given name.
Variant forms or transliterations include Sabas, Savas, Savvas, Saba, Sava, Savva, Savo and Sawa.
Sabbas may refer to, chronologically:
* Sabbas Stratelates (died 272), ...
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Savo (given name) Savo is a masculine given name found in South Slavic, Albanian and Italian-speaking places. It can be a cognate to Sava or to Savio.
Notable people with the name include:
* Savo Dobranić (born 1964), Serbian politician
* Savo Ekmečić (born 1 ...
References
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Romanian masculine given names
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