Saavedra is a
Galician surname, meaning 'old hall' (
Latin: Sala Vetera > Saa Vedra; Sala is of Germanic origin), equivalent to Spanish Salavieja, which has exactly the same meaning. The loss of intervocalic L is characteristic of Galician-Portuguese. The surname Saa (Sá in modern Portuguese orthography) is also common.
Notable people with the surname include:
Angel V. Saavedra, Cuban-American Spy for the CIA. Former councilman Patterson New Jersey 1965.
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surnameSaavedra. If an
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Saavedra is a
Galician surname, meaning 'old hall' (
Latin: Sala Vetera > Saa Vedra; Sala is of Germanic origin), equivalent to Spanish Salavieja, which has exactly the same meaning. The loss of intervocalic L is characteristic of Galician-Portuguese. The surname Saa (Sá in modern Portuguese orthography) is also common.
Notable people with the surname include:
Angel V. Saavedra, Cuban-American Spy for the CIA. Former councilman Patterson New Jersey 1965.
This page lists people with the
surnameSaavedra. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.