Gender Feminine
Usage Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, German, Dutch, English, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Pronounced Pron. /ˈsil.vja/(Italian) /ˈsil.βja/(Spanish) /ˈsiɫ.vjɐ/(European Portuguese) /ˈsiw.vjɐ/(Brazilian Portuguese) /ˈzɪl.vi̯a/(German) /ˈsɪl.vi.jaː/(Dutch) /ˈsɪl.vi.ə/(English) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Feminine form of Silvius. Rhea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. This was also the name of a 6th-century saint, the mother of the pope Gregory the Great. It has been a common name in Italy since the Middle Ages. It was introduced to England by Shakespeare, who used it for a character in his play The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594). It is now more commonly spelled Sylvia in the English-speaking world.
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Rootsilva
Masculine FormsSilvio(Italian) Silvio(Spanish) Sílvio(Portuguese) Silviu(Romanian) Silvius(Late Roman) Silvius(Roman Mythology)
Other Languages & CulturesSilviya, Silva(Bulgarian) Sílvia(Catalan) Silvija(Croatian) Silvie, Sylva, Sylvie(Czech) Sylvia(Danish) Sylvia, Sylvi(Finnish) Sylvie, Sylvette(French) Szilvia(Hungarian) Silvija(Latvian) Silvija(Lithuanian) Silvija(Macedonian) Sylvia, Sølvi, Sylvi(Norwegian) Sylwia(Polish) Silvija(Serbian) Silvija, Silva(Slovene) Sylvia, Sylvi(Swedish)
Same SpellingSílvia
User SubmissionSilvía
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Mars and Rhea Silvia by Peter Paul Rubens (1617)Categories
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