Message: "Russian form of Silvio?"

Russian form of Silvio?

by Siân (Sharley)

6/15/2014, 12:23 PM

Is there one?
Or a male form of Silvio that is used there?
I didn't see one in the database, but I feel like the culture probably has one.
Am I wrong?

Thanks.

#Russian

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- Kirke (guest) +1

6/15/2014, 6:35 PM

Silvio is a form of Silvius and the Russian form is Сильвий but I'm not sure how to pronounce it.

I don't think it's commonly used.

- Siân (Sharley)

6/23/2014, 12:21 AM

That's exactly what I asked for. Could have known answers weren't as easy as I hoped.
My Russian bf just read that to me, but I'm utterly lost. Haha. Cyrillic and I are strangers. I make him read names for fun occasionally, but mostly because it's the same to me as someone reading Cuneiform.
Thanks for the help though. It looks epic.

ETA: We've decided to go with Silvio or Silviu. We're lazy.

This message was edited 6/23/2014, 12:21 AM

- jennifer +2

6/16/2014, 5:09 PM

The main character of Pushkin's The Shot- Vystrel- is Silvio. That's the one you might be thinking of. Even in Russian, his name isn't translated into a Slavic form.

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- Kirke (guest)

6/16/2014, 10:16 PM

The fact that this character is called Silvio does not mean there is not a Russian form of this name. Silvio is a form of Silvius and the Russian form of Silvius is Сильвий. Every Slavic language will have a form. As an example, my first language is a Slavic one(Polish) and our form of this name is Sylwiusz. It's not really used but this translation exists.

- Siân (Sharley)

6/23/2014, 12:16 AM

While Kirke is probably right about the form, your answer is more the answer I need. I need the version to use if I'm naming a character that's half-Russian. The novel is in English so I'll just use Silvio. Thanks a million!

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