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The Save surname is derived from the Old French given name Sauvé, which comes from the word "sauver," meaning "to save." The name was given to those who were thought to have achieved religious salvation.
The surname Save was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where the family has held a family seat since early times.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Save research. Another 210 words (15 lines of text) covering the years 1491, 1514, 1527, 1537, 1543, 1551, 1554, 1570, 1685 and 1692 are included under the topic Early Save History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Sayve, Sayves, Saive, Saives, Seyve, Seyves, Save, Saivet, Sailve, Seive, Seives, Saieve, Saieves, Seieve, Seieves, de Sayve, du Sayve, Saybe, Saybes, Saibe, Saibes, Seybe, Seybes, Saitbe, Saitbes, Seibe, Seibes, Saiebe, Saiebes, Seiebe and many more.
Another 32 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Save Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jacques Sayve settled in Virginia in 1790.