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Surname: SAVITZ

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Rod McLean Barken

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Apr 7, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/7/00
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I am searching for the *root* of the surname SAVITZ, possibly Russian,
Polish, or Eastern European and almost certainly Slavic. If anyone knows
the history of this name, please write to me directly.

Thank you.

Rod Barken

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Alexander Sharon

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Apr 7, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/7/00
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Rod,

Name is often pronounced as Sawicz, Savicz, Savitch or Savic (with a
diacritic mark ">" or dot on top of the letter 'c'
One of the possible explanation is that Sava or Savel (Shavel) is a
Russianization (Slavianization) of the name Saul.

Alexander Sharon
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"Rod McLean Barken" <wine...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> I am searching for the *root* of the surname SAVITZ, possibly Russian,
> Polish, or Eastern European and almost certainly Slavic. If anyone knows
> the history of this name, please write to me directly.

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Wac...@aol.com

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Apr 9, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/9/00
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In a message dated 00-04-08 00:51:42 EDT, "Rod McLean Barken"
<wine...@mindspring.com> writes:

<< I am searching for the *root* of the surname SAVITZ, possibly Russian,
Polish, or Eastern European and almost certainly Slavic. If anyone knows
the history of this name, please write to me directly. >>

Alexander Beider's "A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire"
lists the surname Savits as found in Vilna, Vilna guberniya, Lithuania. This
must be the Yiddish version of the name. The Russian-language equivalent,
which Beider cross-references, would be Savich, which Beider found in Vilna;
Vilkomir, Kovno guberniya, Lithuania; and Gomel', Mogilev guberniya, Belarus.
He says it derives from one of several villages named Savichi in Slutsk
district and Rechitsa district, Minsk guberniya, Belarus; Vilejka district,
Vilna guberniya, now in Belarus; and Slonim district, Grodno guberniya,
Belarus.

This doesn't mean the name couldn't have other origins or occur elsewhere as
well.

Alan Wachtel
Palo Alto, California
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Lily Pond

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Apr 12, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/12/00
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In our family, Savitz was short for Savitsky

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