Sava (name)
# 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
