Savo

Borrowed from Italian Savo.

Savo (plural Savos)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Savo is the 39117^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 563 individuals. Savo is most common among White (85.08%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Savo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

 

A shortening of earlier Savoilahti, Savoinlahti, the latter part of which is lahti (“bay, gulf”), earlier laksi (thus Swedish Savolax, from *Savoi(n)laksi). The name is almost certainly related to Savilahti which is likely simply savi (“clay”) + lahti (“bay, gulf”), with the -o representing a diminutive ending (from *-oi), possibly through a demonym savolainen. The name could alternatively also originate from an Eastern Finnish given name Savo (compare the Veps given name Savoi), from Russian Савва (Savva), Савва́тий (Savvátij), or from a Western Finnish given name Sauvo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑʋo/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ʋo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋo
• Hyphenation^(key): Sa‧vo

Savo

1. Savonia (historical and cultural region in Finland)
2. a Finnish surname transferred from the place name

• The surname Savo belongs to 174 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• vaso

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Savo m or f by sense

1. a surname

Probably related to the name of the river (see Etymology 2 below).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.u̯oː/, [ˈs̠äu̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.vo/, [ˈsäːvo]

Savō f sg (genitive Savōnis); third declension

1. A city in Liguria, now Savona

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.u̯oː/, [ˈs̠äːu̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.vo/, [ˈsäːvo]

 

Sāvō f sg (genitive Sāvōnis); third declension

1. A river in Campania, now Savone

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• 1 Sāvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• 2 Savo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.