Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Savva through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 136
- 136 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,501 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,501 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 255 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.
Savva’s family of names
In English usage, Savva was borrowed from the Greek form Σάββα. In Greek usage, Savva is a transliteration of Σάββα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Sabaequivalent
- Savaequivalent
- Саваequivalent
- Sawaequivalent
- Sábaequivalent
- Савелийequivalent
- Savelyequivalent
- Савелійequivalent
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People named Savva
- Savva MamontovRussian businessman1841–1918
- Savva KulishSoviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer (1936—2001)
- Savva YamshchikovArt historian, Restorer (1938–2009)
- Savva NovikovRussian cyclistborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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