Saavedra (surname)
Saavedra is a Galician surname, meaning "old hall" (Lat. 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:
- Abelardo Saavedra, American school district superintendent
- Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón (dead 1529), Spanish explorer
- Asya and Chloe Saavedra, American musicians, members of Chaos Chaos
- Carlos Saavedra Gutiérrez (born 1986), Puerto Rican lawyer, Secretary of Labor of Puerto Rico (2017–2019)
- Catalina Saavedra (born 1968), Chilean television and film actress
- Cornelio Saavedra (1761–1829), Argentine soldier and politician
- Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez (1823–1891), Chilean soldier, grandson of Cornelio Saavedra
- Craig Saavedra (born 1963), American film director
- Daniel Ortega, full name José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (born 1945), Nicaraguan politician
- Diego de Saavedra Fajardo (1584–1648), Spanish diplomat
- Erwin Saavedra (born 1996), Bolivian footballer
- Felipe Saavedra (born 1996), Chilean footballer
- Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis (1746–1819), Spanish diplomat and administrator
- Guillermo Saavedra (footballer) (1903–1957), Chilean footballer
- Guillermo Saavedra (poet) (born 1960), Argentine poet
- Héctor Puebla Saavedra (born 1955), Chilean footballer
- Hernando Arias de Saavedra (1561–1634), governor of the Río de la Plata in 1592–1594, 1597–1599, 1602–1609, 1615–1617, 1617–1618
- Ignacio Saavedra (born 1999), Chilean footballer
- Igor Saavedra (born 1966), Chilean musician
- José Alfredo Saavedra (born 1964), Honduran politician
- José Vilalta Saavedra (1865–1912), Cuban sculptor
- Luis Saavedra (1935–2013), Spanish footballer
- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616), Spanish writer, author of Don Quixote
- Nélson Saavedra (born 1988), Chilean footballer
- Omar Saavedra Santis (1944–2021), Chilean writer
- Raúl Saavedra (born 1978), Argentinian football defender
- Raúl Saavedra (cyclist) (born 1969), Colombian road cyclist
- Sebastián Saavedra (born 1990), Colombian race car driver
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