How our name originated
Savage is an English nickname for a 'wild or uncouth person,' derived from a  Middle English version of Old French salvage, sauvage = untamed.
Variants include:
Sauvage,
Salvage,
Savidge,
Savege  .
French cognitive:
Lesauvage and Sauvage ;
Italian = Salvaggi, Selvaggio,  Salvatici , and French diminutive versions are Sauvageon, Sauvageau , and  Sauvageot .

 

 

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