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View Name: Sylvia


SYLVIA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English, Scandinavian, Finnish, German
PRONOUNCED: SIL-vee-ə (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Variant of SILVIA. This has been the most common English spelling since the 19th century.
Related Names
DIMINUTIVE: Sylvi (Finnish)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Silviya, Silva (Bulgarian), Sílvia (Catalan), Silvija (Croatian), Silvie (Czech), Sylvie (French), Szilvia (Hungarian), Silvia (Italian), Silvia (Late Roman), Sylvi (Norwegian), Sylwia (Polish), Silvia, Sílvia (Portuguese), Silvia (Roman Mythology), Silvia (Romanian), Silvia (Slovak), Silvija, Silva (Slovene), Silvia (Spanish), Sylvi (Swedish)
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