The name Silvia is usually given to a Girl.
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The origin of the name lies in Latin.
Silvia is pronounced as SIL-vee-ah
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Pronunciation
/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)
Origin
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, German, Dutch, English, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Meaning
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.