Savy

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Savy by the numbers

Savy was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Savy

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Savy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Saviwise woman; a form of Savitri3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Savamoving flowing water; a form of Sava7 in the US (2017)
  • Savoya region in france; savoy cabbage5 in the US (2017)
  • Savvy40 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Savy

Names that are said the same way as Savy, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Saffiepure; diminutive of safi7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Saffypure; diminutive of Safeeya or Saffiya3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Saavi10 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Savy

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