Savel Family History

Slovak and Czech (Šavel): from the Biblical personal name Šavel Hebrew Shaul (see Saul). It may be a nickname for a godless person from the archaic word šavel which is derived from the Biblical name.

Slovenian (Šavel): probably from an old spelling of the Biblical personal name Savel (see Saul compare 2 above). Alternatively perhaps a nickname or a topographic name from an old vernacular spelling of the same plant name as in 4 below.

Americanized form of Slovenian Šavelj: probably a nickname or a topographic name from the plant name š(č)avelj ‘sorrel (Rumex acetosa)’.

French: habitational name from a place in Isère originally named with Latin sabellum ‘sand’.

English: variant of Saville.