Salvia Family History
Salvia Name Meaning
Italian (southern): habitational name from Savoia de Lucania in Potenza earlier called Salvia. Italian (southern); Catalan (Sàlvia): from salvia ‘sage’ presumably a metonymic occupational name for a herbalist or a grower or seller of herbs or possibly a topographic name. Catalan (Salvià): from the Latin personal name Salvius or Salvianus.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022