Given name & surname
Savage
“a wild man”
Savage is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a wild man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a wild man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
In English usage, Savage as a surname developed from Savić.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Savage through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 134
- 134 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,790 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,790 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 3.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 148 as a first name in 2020; 48,874 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Savage’s family of names
In English usage, Savage as a surname developed from the Serbo-Croatian form Savić. Savage has a related form in Savag. Savage has a related form in Savaj.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Savage
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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