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 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
- 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, Romanian footballer
- Constantin Sava, best known as DJ Sava, Romanian DJ and record producer
- Facundo Sava, Argentine footballer
- Gabriel Sava, Romanian footballer
- George Sava, British surgeon and writer of Russian origin
- Iosif Sava, Romanian musicologist and pianist
- Maria Sava, Romanian rower
- Marius Sava, Romanian footballer
- Mihail Sava, Moldovan freestyle wrestler
- Răzvan Sava, Romanian footballer
- Scott Christian Sava, American animator
- Teodora Sava, Romanian singer