Salva Family History
Salva Name Meaning
Catalan (Salvà): from the personal name Salvà Catalan form of Latin Silvanus (a derivative of silva ‘wood’). Italian (northern): from a short form of the personal name Salvato . Italian (Sicily): from the personal name Salva a cognate of 1 above. French (southern): cognate of the Catalan name Salvà (see 1 above). French (southern): ultimately from Latin salva an imperative of salvo ‘to save’ either as a personal name cognate with 2 above or as a nickname of a cantor from the antiphon Salva nos Domine ‘O Lord save us’. Slovak: nickname of Latin origin (see 5 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022