Silvia
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning of the forest; wooded; a form of Sylvia.
Silvia by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Silvia. In the US, 142 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 374 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Sylvia
Like Silvia, each of these traces back to Sylvia: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Silvia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sylviafrom the forest636 in the US (2017)
- Silvaforest or woodland6 in the US (2017)
- Silviyafrom the forest; a form of Sylvia4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Silviefrom the forest; a form of Sylvia3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sylvieof the forest; a form of Sylvia270 in England and Wales (2025)
- Silvanaof the forest, woodland; feminine of Silvanus63 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Silvia, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Kimberlyfrom the wood of the royal forest1,823 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
- Kimbervariant of Kimberley, from a place name meaning royal forest508 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Silvia
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