Savage Family History

English: of Norman origin a nickname for a wild or uncouth person from Middle English and Old French salvage sauvage ‘wild untamed’ (from Late Latin salvaticus literally ‘man of the woods’ a derivative of Latin silva ‘wood’ influenced by Latin salvus ‘whole’ i.e. natural). Compare French Sauvage.

Irish (Down): generally of English origin (it was taken to County Down in the 12th century) this name has also sometimes been adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Sabháin the name of a small south Munster sept which was earlier Anglicized as O'Savin (see Savin).

Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Savich and of Serbian Savić (see Savic).