Savile
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Probably person from Sainville, northern France, ‘settlement of the Saxons’
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
Savile is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- INIndia
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Probably person from Sainville, northern France, ‘settlement of the Saxons’.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Savile is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Perhaps from Sauville (Ardennes, Vosges), or Sainville (Eure-et-Loir); first attested John de Sayvill 1246 FFY.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In Serbo-Croatian, feminine plural active past participle of saviti
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Henry Savileb. 1549GBEnglish bible translator (1549-1622)
- Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussexb. 1590English politician
- George Savileb. 1633GBEnglish politician (1633-1695)
- William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifaxb. 1665GBEnglish politician
- Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington and Countess of Corkb. 1699GBnot in their usual namecourtier; occasional painter; (1699-1758)
- John Savile, 1st Earl of Mexboroughb. 1719British Earl
- John Savile, 3rd Earl of Mexboroughb. 1783GBBritish politician (1783-1860)
- John Savile, 4th Earl of Mexboroughb. 1810GBBritish politician (1810-1899)
- Princess Anne, Princess Ludwig of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenbergb. 1864GBnot in their usual nameEnglish socialite and aviation patron and enthusiast (1864–1927)
- Jimmy Savileb. 1926GBEnglish DJ, media personality and sexual abuser (1926–2011)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 109 | #31,402 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 76 | #27,307 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 58 | #40,459 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 3 | #154,370 |
| GB United Kingdom | BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Savile mean, and where does it come from?
- Probably person from Sainville, northern France, ‘settlement of the Saxons’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Savile have the most bearers?
- Savile is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Savile”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.