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Boy · Aramaic, through Greek
Savva
Say it: sah-VAH
Meaning
From Aramaic saba 'old man, elder'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Through Saint Sava (Rastko Nemanjić), the national saint of Serbia.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 108 babies given this name since 2007
- At its height in 2013, about 1 in 157,400 boys
- 5 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Савва, Sava
| Serbian | Sava |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Sava |
Famous bearers
- Saint Sava, first Serbian archbishop
- Savva Morozov, Russian industrialist
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.