Given name & surname · also Ukrainian
Sawa
“owl”
Sawa is a surname from Ukrainian, ultimately from Belarusian. It is used in Polish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sawa goes back to Belarusian сава, meaning “owl.”
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Where it comes from
Sawa comes from Ukrainian, and ultimately from Belarusian.
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How it developed
From Ukrainian Сава, from Ancient Greek Σάββας, from Belarusian сава (“owl”).
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Sawa’s family of names
In Polish usage, Sawa as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with SOWA. In Polish usage, Sawa has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Савва. In Japanese usage, Sawa as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 沢.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sawa has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Belarusian roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sawa
- Sawa Hrycuniakleader of the Polish Orthodox Churchborn 1938
- Sawa SuzukiJapanese actressborn 1972
- Sawa IshigeJapanese voice actressborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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