Sava (name)

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 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