Comments for the name Sava

Comments for SAVA:

Sava, spelled "Sawa" [Sava], is also a Polish female name. Sawa is a mermaid from the legend about the city of Warszawa.

-- Yen_Yen  12/30/2005

This name doesn't derive from Sabas but from a Slavic name suffix -sav. Just as name suffix -slav gives Slava, -rad gives Rada, -ljub gives Ljuba, -mir Mira, -sav gave Sava.

-- mssdm  4/30/2008

Pronounced "sah-vah".

-- Emilie007  8/27/2008

my family mane on mothers side.It is from Saint Sabbas the Sanctified (439–532),Saint Sabbas Stratelates (272), in Balkan it is masculine name, and it is different from feminine Slavic name Slava. In late Antiquity greek pronunciation of letter Β β; Beta b changed from b to sound v, so to pronounce βιβλία biblia as vivlia

-- Miklosich 00081  3/28/2012

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