title: Sava (name)
text: # 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
  