Message: "Origin of Savion"

[Facts] Origin of Savion

by lac (guest)

9/25/2006, 12:55 AM

I recently came across the male name Savion. Does anyone know its origin? It may be derived from Xavier. According to the same website, it could also be related to Savyon, the Hebrew name for groundsel or yellow-seed (I think this possibility unlikely).
It was apparently borne by a famous tapdancer named Savion Glover.
I suspect it is popular with African-Americans.
Is this enough info? Any assistance would be appreciated.

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

9/27/2006, 8:40 AM

Realizing I hadn't Googled to try to find the origin of Mr. Glover's name in a while, I found the following posting to this site back in 2001 by someone called Nanaea. She says that Mr. Glover's mother created Savion herself as her own way of turning the word "savior" into a name. Unfortunately, the link that Nanaea got this information from is no longer operating, but I found another link to a CBS news site which says the same thing:

http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=1848&board=gen

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/04/04/60II/main179796.shtml

So I guess we can all now forget about Saviano, Xavier, etc., as possible origins for Savion! :)

- Domhnall +1

9/26/2006, 9:48 PM

I, literally, just replied to a question regarding 'Zavien' and assumed it had some connection to 'Savion.' That name has perplexed me from the moment Glover burst on the scene.

I suppose a possible Latinate origin could come from Severinus, Sabinus or Xavier.

Though to my eye, the Hebrew origin seems most promising.

- lac (guest)

9/27/2006, 11:31 AM

I thought of another origin for Savion (although not the origin used by Mr. Glover). On another website, I found the name Savius listed as an ancient Roman cognomen. Savian would just be the elaborated version of Savius, like Julian from Julius. I know now that Glover derived his name from "savior", but he accidentally created a name that could have ancient Roman roots. Does anyone have any idea what Savius means in Latin?

- lizka

9/25/2006, 2:55 AM

I know only the Hebrew version of Savion - yellow-seed in israel it's used for girls names, surname too, and very rarely as a m name

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