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Early Origins of the Savary family

The surname Savary was first found in Poitou, where the family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Savary family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Savary research. Another 102 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1560, 1622, 1627, 1657, 1675, 1690, 1696, 1716, 1774, 1791, 1810, 1816, 1833 and 1841 are included under the topic Early Savary History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Savary Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Savard, Savhard, Savart, Savhart, Savary, Savarie, Savarit, Sabard, Sabhard, Sabart, Sabhart, Sabary, Sabarit and many more.

Early Notables of the Savary family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

  • François Savary de Brèves (1560-1627), a French ambassador and Orientalist
  • Jacques Savary (1622-1690), French merchant and expert on commerce, author of Le parfait négociant (1675), a manual on mercantile trade
  • Jean Savary (1774-1833), a general and a politician

Savary Ranking

In France, the name Savary is the 502nd most popular surname with an estimated 8,937 people with that name. 1


United States Savary migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Savary Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • William Savary, who arrived in Virginia in 1637 2
  • John Savary, who landed in Virginia in 1658 2
Savary Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Anne Savary, who settled, at the age of 38 in New Orleans in 1785

Contemporary Notables of the name Savary (post 1700) +

  • Anne Jean Marie René Savary (1774-1833), 1st Duc de Rovigo, French general and diplomat
  • Anne Jean Marie René Savary Duke of Rovigo, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
  • Anne Jean Marie René Savary, Duke of Rovigo, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 4
  • Admiral André Daniel Savary (b. 1743), French naval officer
  • Charlotte Savary (b. 1979), French female singer and songwriter
  • Robinson Savary (b. 1969), French Film director, screenwriter, and photographer
  • Gilles Savary (b. 1954), French politician and former Member of the European Parliament
  • Félix Savary (1797-1841), French astronomer
  • Jérôme Savary (b. 1942), French theater director and actor
  • Alain Savary (1918-1988), French Socialist politician, Minister of National Education (1981-1983)
  • ... (Another 2 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) Anne Savary. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
  4. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, September 11) Anne Savary. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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