Silvia
Silvia or Sylvia is a female given name .
Origin and meaning of the name
The name comes from the Latin where silva means forest . Hence the meaning of Silvia / Sylvia is often given as queen of the forest or mistress of the forest. A further connection could also exist to a form of the air spirits - the sylphs - which are also the air elementals of the Greek tradition. The relationship with Rhea Silvia , the mother of Romulus and Remus, is undisputed .
A saint Silvia , the mother of Pope Gregory the Great, died around the year 592. Her feast day and name day is November 3rd .
variants
Silvana , Silvie , Sylva , Silvija ( Serbo-Croatian ), Silvy , Sylviane , Sylvie , Sylwia ( Poland ), Szilvia ( Hungary )
Name bearers
Silvia
- Silvia (* 1943), Queen of Sweden
- Silvia Bovenschen (1946–2017), German literary scholar and author
- Silvia Cuminetti (* 1985), Italian ski mountaineer
- Silvia Davidoiu (* 1967), Romanian diplomat
- Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi (* 1954), Argentine legal scholar
- Silvia Fuhrmann (* 1981), Austrian politician
- Silvia Gajdošová (* 1975), Slovak national football player
- Silvia Glogner (1940–2011), German actress
- Silvia Mezzanotte (* 1967), Italian singer
- Silvia Neid (* 1964), German soccer player and trainer
- Silvia Schuster (* 1952), German lawyer
- Silvia Seidel (1969–2012), German actress
- Silvia Treimer (* 1970), German ski mountaineer
Sylvia
- Sylvia (* 1956), American country singer
- Sylvia Garcia (* 1950), American politician
- Sylvia Hanika (* 1959), German tennis player
- Sylvia Kristel (1952–2012), Dutch actress
- Sylvia Likens (1949-1965), American murder victim
- Sylvia Löhrmann (* 1957), German politician
- Sylvia Michel (* 1935), Swiss pastor
- Sylvia Michel (* 1972), German soccer player
- Sylvia Miles (1924–2019), American actress
- Sylvia Millecam (1956-2001), Dutch actress
- Sylvia Paletschek (* 1957), German modern historian
- Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), American poet and writer
- Sylvia Saringer (* 1971), Austrian presenter
- Sylvia Steiner (* 1953), Brazilian lawyer
- Sylvia Stolz (* 1963), German defense lawyer
- Sylvia Vrethammar (* 1945), Swedish singer
Sylviane
- Sylviane Berthod (* 1977), Swiss ski racer
- Sylviane Félix (* 1977), French sprinter
- Sylviane Puntous (* 1963), Canadian triathlete
- Sylviane Telliez (* 1942), French sprinter
Sylvie
- Sylvie Fleury (* 1961), Swiss performance and object artist
- Sylvie Guillem (* 1965), French dancer and choreographer
- Sylvie Hubac (* 1956), French political functionary
- Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir (* 1941), French writer and philosophy professor
- Sylvie Meis (* 1978), Dutch presenter, actress and photo model
- Sylvie Testud (* 1971), French actress
- Sylvie Vartan (* 1944), French singer