What does Sylvia mean?

Sylvia means "woman of the woods"

How do we pronounce Sylvia?

Sylvia \syl-via, sy-lv-ia\ is a female's name. It consists of 6 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Sylvia is pronounced as SIHLViyah in English 1.

1 Pronunciation for Sylvia: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"

What is the origin of Sylvia?

Sylvia is used predominantly in the English, German, Italian, and Scandinavian languages, and its origin is Latin. Sylvia is a variation of the name nicknames for Silvana (English, German, Italian, and Spanish). Sylvia is also a variant spelling (English, German, Italian, and Scandinavian) of the name Silvia name popularity (English, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish). Silvi definition (English diminutive form) and Silvia name (English, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish variant spelling) are forms of Sylvia. See also the related form, name Sylviann meaning. Sylvia is a classic favorite. Today it is still a fairly popular baby name for girls, though not to the extent it was previously. At the modest height of its usage in 1937, 0.396% of baby girls were given the name Sylvia. It ranked at #50 then. The baby name has since experienced a steep loss in popularity, and is of occasional use in recent years. In 2010, its usage was only 0.027% and its ranking #555, was nonetheless the most popular within all girl names in its group.

The following famous people share the name Sylvia:

  • Poet Sylvia Plath, born 27 October 1932 - 11 February 1963, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
  • Psychic Sylvia Browne, Kansas City, Missouri.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Sylvia:

Silvea definition (Romanian), Sallvia definition, name Sallviah, Salvia pronounciation (Latin, German, and Italian), meaning of Salviah, nicknames for Shelbea, nicknames for Silvija (Slavic), name Silviya origin, Slyvia name variations (English), Sulpicia meaning, nicknames for Sylwia (Polish), Schelby meaning (English), name Selby meaning (English), what does the name Selva mean, short names for Shalvah, name Shelba meaning (English), Shelbee definition, name Shelbey meaning (English), Shelbi name variations (English), and Shelbie meaning and origin (English).

The baby name Sylvia fun facts:

The name Sylvia in reverse order is "Aivlys".

The numerological value of the name Sylvia is number 7, which means analysis, understanding, knowledge, awareness, studious, meditating.

How popular is Sylvia?

Sylvia is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.04%
20130.03%
20120.03%
20110.03%
20100.03%
20090.03%
20080.03%
20070.03%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames