Silvia - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Silvia \s(i)-

is pronounced SIL-vee-ah. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "woods, forest". Variant of Sylvia. Shakespeare used Silvia for a heroine's name in "Two Gentlemen of Verona".

Silvia has 13 variant forms: Silva, Silvana, Silvanna, Silvestra, Silvi, Silvie, Silvija, Sirvana, Sirvanna, Silvy, Silvya, Sylvia and Sylvie.

Baby names that sound like Silvia are Salvia and Zilvia.

Silvia is a very common first name for women (#459 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#4001 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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