Save Gender Feminine Usage Italian Pronounced Pron. MIL-vah [key] Other Forms FormsMilvia Meaning & History Feminine form of Milvio, although folk etymology likes to consider it a contraction of Maria and Ilva or Maria and Silvia and other names ending in -ilva/-ilvia.Milva is the stage name of Maria Ilva Biolcati (* 1939), an Italian singer and actress.