Sylva - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Sylva \s(y)-lva, syl-va\ is a variant of Sylvia (Latin), and the meaning of Sylva is "woods, forest".

The baby name Sylva sounds like Silva, Salvia, Silvia, Sylvie, Silvya, Silvy, Silvi, Zylvia and Sylvee. Other similar baby names are Elva, Alva, Selma, Belva, Silia, Selda, Malva, Melva, Olva, Salma, Selia, Sela, Shalva, Sula, Silja, Silya, Solvag, Sylwia, Sylvina, Sylvana, Ulva, Xylia, Xyla and Zylia.

Sylva is an uncommon first name for women but a very common last name for both men and women (#15646 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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